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CONTENTS OF REPORT
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Members of Health Committee 5
Staff of Health Department 9
Introductory remarks of Medical Officer of Health 10
Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area
General 14
Births, Birth Rate, Still Births 14
Deaths, Death Rate 15
Maternal Mortality 15
Infantile Mortality 16
Vital Statistics for years 1957-1966 17
Classification of causes of death 18
Notes on Vital Statistics 21
Deaths from Cancer of the Lung and Bronchus 23
Road Traffic Accidents 23
Prevalence of, and Control over, Infectious and other Diseases
Notifiable Diseases 24
Notifications other than Tuberculosis 25
Age distribution of Infectious Diseases 26
Notes on Infectious Diseases 28
Salmonella Infections 29
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever 31
Tuberculosis Notifications 32
Reports of Chest Physicians 33
Personal Health Services
Maternity and Child Welfare Centres 37
Mothercraft and Relaxation Classes 37
Dental Treatment 37
Phenylketonuria 37
Welfare Foods 37
Health Visiting 38
Home Nursing 38
Loan of Nursing Equipment 39
Incontinence Pads 39
Domiciliary Midwifery Service 40
Midwives Act 1951 40
Family Planning 41
Day Nurseries 41
Child Minding 41
"Handicap" Registers 41
Occasional Creches 42
Prevention of Break-up of Families 42