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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
(а) Medical 5
(б) Other Officers 0
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 17
Causes (Table) 20
Children 1-5 years 21
I nfants 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
(а) General 25
(б) Infectious Diseases 26
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 31
Health Visitors 31
Ante-Natal Work 33
Supply of Milk to Mothers and Young Children 33
Institutional Provision for Unmarried Mothers, Illegitimate Infants and
Homeless Children 34
Ambulance Facilities 34
Clinics and Treatment Centres 34
(а) The Violet Melchett Infant Welfare Centre 34
(i.) Chelsea Health Society 35
(ii.) Chelsea Day Nursery 35
(iii) Chelsea Mothercraft Training Home 36
(b) Invalid Children's Aid Association 37
(c.) The Babies' Club 38
(d) Charity Organisation Society 38
(e) Chelsea Tuberculosis Dispensary 39
Convalescent Home Treatment for Nursing Mothers and Infants 39
Dental Treatment 39
Widows', Orphans' and Old Age Contributory Pensions, 1925 and 1929 39
Blind Persons Act, 1920 40
Children Act, 1908 40
Summary of Arrangements regarding Maternity and Child Welfare 40