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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
Statistical Summary 10
Section I.—Statistics, and Social
Conditions of the Area.
Population and General Statistics 12
Principal occupations of the inhabitants
of the Borough 13
Economic Conditions 14
Marriages 14
Births 14
Illegitimacy 15
Notification of Births 15
Still Births 16
Deaths 16
Inquests 18
Infantile Mortality 19
ection II.—General Provision of
Health Services.
Hospital Accommodation 22
Institutional Provision for Unmarried
Mothers 23
Ambulance Facilities 23
Clinics, Treatment Centres, &c. 23
Maternity and Child Welfare 25
Ante-natal 25
At Birth 25
Infants and Young Children 25
Advice Cards 26
Home Visiting 26
Attendances at Consultations, etc. 27
Centres 28
Alterations in Staff and Procedure 30
Artificial Light Treatment 30
Dental Clinic 33
Day Nurseries 35
Clinic for Ailing Mothers and
Children 35
Convalescent Home Treatment 36
Home for Sick Poor Children 36
Supply of Milk to Mothers and
Children 36
Public Health Officers of the Local
Authority37
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Professional Nursing 37
Home Helps 38
Midwives 38
Midwifery 39
Maternity and Nursing Homes 40
Maternal Mortality 40
Legislation in force 42
Health Week 44
National Rat Week 45
Section III.—Sanitary Circumstances
of the Area.
Water Supply 45
Drainage 46
Refuse Collection and Disposal 46
Mortuary 47
Sanitary Inspections 47
Notices served 47
Nuisances—Legal Proceedings 48
Smoke Abatement 49
Factory and Workshop Acts 49
Inspections 50
Defeats found 50
Hi me Work 51
Factories, Workshops and Workplaces
on Register 52
Other matters 52
Premises and Occupations controlled
by by-laws or regulations 53
Offensive Trades 53
Rag and Bone Dealers 53
Houses Let in Lodgings 53
Lighting of Staircases 54
Handrails for Staircases 54
Underground Rooms 54
Canal Boats Acts 54
Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions
Act, 1923 54
Medical Examination of School
Children 55
Section IY.—Housing.
Statistics 57
Ventilation of Bath-rooms 58
Overcrowding 58
Housing Schemes—
Work of the Estates Committee 58