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Diarrhoea 101
Still-Births 101
Illegitimate Births 102
Dental Treatment 102
Assistance with Denture 103
Supply of Milk and Food for Mothers and Infants 103 103
Home Help 104
Convalescent Home Treatment 105
Visitors to Centre 105
Saffron Hill Maternity and Child Welfare Centre 105
Deaths of Infants under One Tear 106
Deaths of Children, One to Five Years 107
Infectious Diseases among Mothers and Children 107
Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia 107
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 108
Whooping Cough 111
Measles 112
Measles, Control in Schools 113
German Measles 113
Epidemic Diarrhœa 114
Nursing Arrangements 115
Widows', Orphans', and Old Age Contributory Pension Act, 1925 115
Health and Baby Week 115
Minor Ailments Clinic 117
Medical Inspection and Treatment of School Children 117
Deaths of Children, 5-15 Years 120
Sanitary Administration 121
Mortuary 121
Inquests 121
Revenue Acts 121
Dirty Tenants 121
Removal of Aged Persons 121
Rent and Mortgage Interest Restriction Acts 122
Nuisances—Notified by Relieving Officers 122
Dogs—Nuisance from—By-laws 122
Choked Water Closets 123
Old Buildings—Demolition of 123
Nuisance from Pigeons 124
Brick Crushing—Nuisance from 125
Foundling Hospital Site 125
Town Planning Scheme 126
Children's Country Holiday Fund 127
Lavatory Accommodation at Railway Stations 127
Other Propaganda 127
Manufacture of Wine 128
Juvenile Employment—Finsbury and Holborn Advisory Committee 128
Vita Glass, use of 128
APPENDIX.
Table I. Vital Statistics, 1927, and ten previous years 129
Table II. Causes of and Ages at Death, 1927 130
Table III. Infectious Diseases Notified during 1927 131
Table IV. Infectious Diseases in Holborn during 1927 and ten previous years 132
Table V. Information required by L.C.C. 133
Table VI. Factories, Workshops, &c. 134
(1) Inspections 134
(2) Defects found 134
(3) Home Work 135
(4) Registered Workshops 136
(5) Other Matters 136
Table VII. Legal Proceedings 137
Table VIII. Meteorology of London, 1927 138
Table IX. Sunlight (Ultra-Violet Rays), 1927 139