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V. —Inspection and Supervision of Food.
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Milk Supply 41
Ice-cream Vendors 42
Fried Fish Vendors 42
Bakehouses 43
Slaughter-houses 43
Other Premises where Food is Prepared or Sold 43
Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924 44
Unsound Food 44
Food Poisoning 44
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts 44
Milk and Cream Regulations, 1912-1917 45
VI. —Infectious Diseases.
(a) Infectious Diseases Generally 46
Diseases notifiable in the Borough 46
Notifications during the Year 1927 47
Diphtheria 47
Scarlet Fever 49
Measles 50
Enteric Fever 50
Pneumonia, Malaria, Dysentery and Trench Fever 51
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia 51
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 52
Influenza 52
Encephalitis Lethargica 52
Smallpox and Vaccination 53
Disinfection 53
Infectious Diseases Shelter 54
Disinfestation 54
(b) Tuberculosis 55
Notifications and Mortality 55
Cases of Tuberculosis in the Borough 56
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925 56
Dispensary and Institutional Facilities for Treatment 57
Co-operation with Hospitals and I.C.A.A. 58
Co-operation with School Medical Service 59
Co-operation with Medical Practitioners 59
Home Contacts 59
Artificial Pneumothorax Treatment 59
Home Nursing 59
Extra Nourishment 59
Non-pulmonary Cases 59
Orthopaedic Treatment 60
Dental Treatment 60
Bacteriological Examinations 60
Care and After-care Work 60
Vll.—Maternity and Child Welfare.
General Arrangements in the Borough 62
Health Visitors 62
Midwives 63
Home Help 64
Home Nursing 65
Clinics and Treatment Centres 66
Ormond Maternity Home 66
Convalescent Home Treatment for Nursing Mothers and Infants 66
Chelsea Branch of the Invalid Children's Aid Association 67
Chelsea Day Nursery 68
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia 68
Other Diseases and Complications of Childbirth 68
Maternal Mortality 68
Ante-natal Work 69
Supply of Milk to Mothers and Young Children 69
Widows', Orphans' and Old Age Pensions Contributory Act, 1924 70
Appendix.
Report of the Public Analyst for 1927 72