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CONTENTS
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Map of Borough, showing statistics by
Wards 2
Public Health Committee 5
Staff of Public Health Department 6
Introduction 8
Summary of Report 10
Section I.—Statistics, and Social
Conditions of the Area.
Population and General Statistics 11
Principal occupations of the inhabitants
of the Borough 12
Economic Conditions 12
Marriages 13
Births 13
Illegitimacy 14
Notification of Births 14
Deaths 14
Inquests 17
Infantile Mortality 17
Section II—General Provision of
Health Services.
Hospital Accommodation 20
Institutional Provision for Unmarried
Mothers 21
Ambulance Facilities 21
Clinics, Treatment Centres, &c. 21
Maternity and Child Welfare 22
Advice Cards 23
Home Visiting 23
Centres 26
In.Patient Treatment of Children
under 5 years of age 28
Artificial Light Treatment 28
Dental Clinic 30
Day Nurseries 32
Clinic for Ailing Mothers and
Children 32
Convalescent Home Treatment 32
Home for Sick Poor Children 32
Supply of Milk to Mothers and
Children 33
Public Health Officers of the Local
Authority 34
Professional Nursing 34
Home Helps 35
Midwives 35
Midwifery 36
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Legislation in force 37
National Rat Week 38
Section III.—Sanitary Circumstances
of the Area.
Water Supply 38
Drainage 38
Refuse Collection and Disposal 39
Mortuary 39
Sanitary Inspections 39
Notices served 40
Nuisances—Legal Proceedings 40
Smoke Abatement 41
Atmospheric Pollution with Arsenical
dust. 42
Factory and Workshop Acts 43
Inspections 43 & 46
Defects found 44
Home Work 44
Outwork in Infected or Insanitary
Premises 45
Factories, Workshops and Workplaces
on Register 45
Other matters 45
Premises and Occupations controlled
by by.laws or regulations 46
Offensive Trades 46
Houses Let in Lodgings 46
Underground Rooms 46
Canal Boats Acts 46
Rent and Mortgage Restrictions Act,
1923 46
Medical Examination of School
Children 47
Section IV.—Housing.
Statistics 49
Overcrowding 50
Housing Schemes 51
Work of the Estates Committee 52
Section Y.—Inspection and Supervision
of Food.
(a) Milk Supply 55
Cowsheds, Dairies and Milkshops 55
Bottled Milk 55
Milk (Special Designations)
Order, 1923 55