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v.—Inspection and Supervision of Food.
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Milk Supply 42
Ice-cream Vendors 43
Fried Fish Vendors 43
Bakehouses 44
Slaughter-houses 44
Other Premises where Food is Prepared or Sold 44
Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924 45
Unsound Food 45
Food Poisoning 45
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts 45
Milk and Cream Regulations, 1912-1917 46
VI.—Infectious Diseases.
la) Infectious Diseases Generally 47
Diseases notifiable in the Borough 47
Notifications during the Year 1926 47
Diphtheria 48
Scarlet Fever 50
Measles 51
Enteric Fever 51
Pneumonia, Malaria, Dysentery and Trench Fever 52
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia 52
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 53
Influenza 53
Encephalitis Lethargica 53
Smallpox and Vaccination 54
Disinfection 54
Infectious Diseases Shelter 55
Disinfestation 55
(b) Tuberculosis 56
Notifications and Mortality 56
Cases of Tuberculosis in the Borough 57
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925 57
Dispensary and Institutional Facilities for Treatment 58
Co-operation with Hospitals and I.C.A.A. 59
Co-operation with School Medical Service 60
Co-operation with Medical Practitioners 60
Home Contacts 60
Artificial Pneumothorax Treatment 60
Home Nursing 60
Extra Nourishment 60
Non-pulmonary Cases 60
Orthopaedic Treatment 61
Bacteriological Examinations 61
Care and After-care Work 61
VII.—Maternity and Child Welfare.
General Arrangements in the Borough 63
Health Visitors 63
Midwives 64
Home Help 65
Home Nursing 66
Clinics and Treatment Centres 67
Ormond Maternity Home 67
Convalescent Home Treatment for Nursing Mothers and Infants 67
Chelsea Branch of the Invalid Children's Aid Association 68
Chelsea Day Nursery 69
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia 69
Other Diseases and Complications of Childbirth 69
Maternal Mortality 69
Ante-natal Work 70
Supply of Milk to Mothers and Young Children 70
Widows', Orphans' and Old Age Pensions Contributory Act, 1924 71
Appendix.
Report of the Public Analyst for 1926 74