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Preface 2
Public Health, Maternity and Child Welfare Committee 4
Housing Committee 4
Milk and Welfare Sub-Committee 4
Public Health Officers of the Borough Council 5
(a) Medical 6
(b) Other Officers 6
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 16
Stillbirths 16
Marriages 16
Deaths 16
Registered Number of 16
In Public Institutions 18
Causes (Table) 20
Children 1-5 years 21
Infants 22
Illegitimate 23
Maternal Mortality 23
Apparent Excessive Mortality in the Borough 24
Causes of Sickness in the Borough 24
II.—Provision of Health Services in the Borough.
Professional Nursing in the Home 25
(a) General 25
(b) 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
Health Visitors 32
Ante-Natal Work 34
Supply of Milk to Mothers and Young Children 34
Institutional Provision for Unmarried Mothers, Illegitimate Infants and
Homeless Children 35
Ambulance Facilities 35
Clinics and Treatment Centres 36
(a.) The Violet Melchett Infant Welfare Centre 36
(i.) Chelsea Health Society 36
(ii.) Chelsea Day Nursery 37
(iii.) Chelsea Mothercraft Training Home 38
(b.) Invalid Children's Aid Association 39
(c.) The Babies' Club 40
(d.) Charity Organisation Society 40
(e.) Chelsea Tuberculosis Dispensary 41
Convalescent Home Treatment for Nursing Mothers and Infants 41
Dental Treatment 41
Widows' Orphans' and Old Age Contributory Pensions Acts, 1925 and 1929 42
Blind Persons Act, 1920 42
Children Act, 1908 42
Summary of Arrangements regarding Maternity and Child Welfare 42