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Preface2
Public Health, Maternity and Child Welfare Committee 4
Housing Committee 4
Milk and Welfare Sub-Committee 4
I.—Statistics and Social Conditions of the Borough.
General Statistics 11
Physical Features and General Character of the Area 12
Social Conditions, including Chief Occupations of Inhabitants 12
Vital Statistics 12
Births 13
Registered Number of 13
Notifications 15
Illegitimate l6
Stillbirths 16
Marriages l6
Deaths l6
Registered Number of l6
In Public Institutions 18
Causes (Table) 20
Children 1-5 years 21
Infants 22
Illegitimate 23
Apparent Excessive Mortality in the Borough 23
Causes of Sickness in the Borough 24
II.—Provision of Health Services in the Borough.
Public Health Officers of the Borough Council 5-7
(а) Medical 5-7
(б) Other Officers 5-7
Professional Nursing in the Home 25
(а) General 25
(б) Infectious Diseases 25
Midwives and Maternity Nurses 27
Home Help in Maternity Cases 27
National Health Insurance 28
Laboratory Facilities 28
Public Health Legislation in Force in the Borough 29
Hospital Services available in the Borough 29
Maternity and Nursing Homes 32
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia 32
Other Diseases and Complications of Childbirth 32
Maternal Mortality 32
Health Visitors 33
Ante-Natal Work 35
Supply of Milk to Mothers and Young Children 35
Institutional Provision for Unmarried Mothers, Illegitimate Infants and
Homeless Children 36
Ambulance Facilities 36
Clinics and Treatment Centres 37
(a.) The Violet Melchett Infant Welfare Centre 37
(i.) Chelsea Health Society 38
(ii.) Chelsea Day Nursery 38
(iii.) Chelsea Mothercraft Training Home 39
(b.) Invalid Children's Aid Association 41
(d.) Charity Organisation Society 41
(e.) Chelsea Tuberculosis Dispensary 41
Convalescent Home Treatment for Nursing Mothers and Infants 42
Dental Treatment 42
Widows', Orphans' and Old Age Contributory Pensions Acts, 1925 and 1929 43
Blind Persons Act, 1920 43
Children Act, 1908 43
Summary of Arrangements regarding Maternity and Child Welfare 43.