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CONTENTS.
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Public Health Committee, 1938-39 3
Maternity and Child Welfare Committee, 1938-39 3
Introduction 8
Staff of the Department 5-7
Section A—Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area 11
Section B—General Provision of Public Health Services 24
Section C—Sanitary Circumstances of the Area 77
Section D—Housing 103
Section E—Inspection and Supervision of Food and Drugs 108
Section F—Prevalence and Control over Infectious and other
Diseases 123
STATISTICAL TABLES.
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Statistical Summary 11
Public Assistance 13
Population 16
Births and Birth Rates 16
Deaths and Death Rates 19-22
Comparative Table 23
Maternity and Child Welfare 32 et seq.
Nursing Services 36
Convalescence 40
Foster Mothers 44
Bacteriological Examination of Milk
for Grants 49
Voluntary Centres 50 et seq.
Infant Mortality 55 el seq.
Midwifery Scheme 62-63
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Home Helps 66
Maternal Mortality 66
Medical Inspection—School Children 70-72
Summary of Work — Sanitary
Inspectors 77-78
Factories and Workshops 81—87
Canal Boats 92
Housing 103-104
Food Seized and Surrendered 114
Food Sampling 120-122
Notifiable Diseases 123-124
Diphtheria 128-131
Cancer 137
Tuberculosis 138 et seq.
For detailed Index see page 4.