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Public Health, Maternity and Child Welfare Committee 2
Housing Committee 2
Milk and Welfare Sub-Committee 2
Preface 9
I.—Statistics and Social Conditions of the Borough.
General Statistics 11
Physical Features and General Character of the District 11
Social Conditions, including Chief Occupations of Inhabitants 12
Vital Statistics 12
(a.) Births 13
(b.) Marriages 16
(c.) Deaths 16
(d.) Deaths of Children, 1-5 years of age 22
(e.) Infant Mortality 22
(f.) Illegitimate Deaths 24
Apparent Excessive Mortality in the Borough 24
Causes of Sickness in the Borough 24
II.—Provision of Health Services in the Borough.
Public Health Officers of the Borough Council 3-5
(a.) Medical 3-5
(b.) Other Officers 3-5
Professional Nursing in the Home 26
(a.) General 26
(b.) Infectious Diseases 26
Midwives and Maternity Nurses 28
Home Help in Maternity Cases 28
National Health Insurance 29
Poor Law Medical Out-Relief 29
Laboratory Facilities 30
Public Health Legislation in Force in the Borough 30
Hospital Services available in the Borough 31
Maternity and Nursing Homes 33
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia 33
Other Diseases and Complications of Childbirth 33
Maternal Mortality 33
Health Visitors 34
Ante-Natal Work 36
Supply of Milk to Mothers and Young Children 36
Institutional Provision for Unmarried Mothers, Illegitimate Infants and
Homeless Children 37
Institutional Provision for Mental Defectives 37
Ambulance Facilities 37
Clinics and Treatment Centres 38
(a.) Chelsea Health Society and School for Mothers 38
(b.) Chelsea Day Nursery 38
(c.) Invalid Children's Aid Association 39
(d.) The Babies' Club 40
(e.) Charity Organisation Society 40
(f.) Chelsea Tuberculosis Dispensary 40
Convaleecent Home Treatment for Nursing Mothers and Infants 41
Local Government Act, 1929 41
Widows', Orphans' and Old Age Contributory Pensions Acts, 1925 and 1929 41
Summary of Arrangements regarding Maternity and Child Welfare 42