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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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Public Health, Maternity and Child Welfare Committee 2
Housing Committee 2
Milk and Welfare Sub-Committee 2
Preface 5
I.—Natural and Social Conditions of the Borough.
General Statistics 7
Physical Features and General Character of the Borough
Social Conditions, including Chief Occupations of the Inhabitants 7
Vital Statistics 8
(a) Births 8
(b) Marriages 10
(c) Deaths 10
(d) Deaths of Children, 1-5 years of age 16
(el Infant Mortality 16
Poor Law Relief in the Borough 18
Utilization of Hospital and other forms of Gratuitous Medical Relief 18
Causes of Sickness in the Borough 19
II.-Provision of Health Services in the Borough.
Hospitals 20
Institutional Provision for Unmarried Mothers 20
Ambulance Facilities 20
Clinics and Treatment Centres 21
(a) Chelsea Health Society and School for Mothers 21
(6) Chelsea Day Nursery 21
(c) Chelsea Tuberculosis Dispensary 21
(d) Invalid Children's Aid Association 22
Public Health Officers of the Borough Council 22
Nursing Arrangements 24
(a) Professional Nursing in the Home 24
(b) Midwives 25
Laboratory Work 25
Public Health Legislation in Force in the Borough 26
III.—Sanitary Circumstances and Administration.
Complaints 27
Closet Accommodation 27
Removal and Disposal of Refuse 27
Sanitary Inspection of the Borough 27
Smoke Abatement 30
Fouling of Foot-paths by Dogs 30
Rats 30
Pigeons 30
Factories, Workshops and Workplaces 31
Public Mortuary 33
Rag Flock Act 33
Offensive Trades 33
IV.—Housing.
Housing Statistics for the Year 1927 34
Housing Staff 35
General Housing Conditions in the Borough 35
Overcrowding 37
Fitness of Houses 38
Unhealthy Areas 39
Bye-laws relating to Houses and Houses Let in Lodgings ... ... ... 39
Housing Survey 39