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Admissions to holiday homes were as follows:-
1968
1967
Expectant and nursing mothers
6
5
Other adults
81
86
Children under five years
of age
11
17
Schoolchildren
54
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Fireguards.
Fireguards continue to be available on loan without charge to
necessitous households where there are children under twelve years of
age, or elderly, handicapped or blind people.
Twenty-nine were issued during 1968, compared with thirty-eight
in I967. Some of these were of a type specially designed for use with
oil heaters and others of nursery pattern suited to meet circumstances
in particular homes.
Venereal Disease,
The following table, although unfortunately incomplete, shows a
considerable increase in all venereal conditions in the three years
for which figures are available:-