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CONTENTS.
Chapter XXXII.
page.
Public Health Reports—Report of the County Medical Officer of Health and School Medical
Officer for the year 1913—Part I. (Vital Statistics and Administration).
Introduction 1
A—Vital Statistics.— Population—Marriages— Births—Deaths—Infantile mortality—Principal
epidemic diseases—Smallpox and vaccination—Measles—Scarlet fever—Diphtheria—Whooping-cough—Typhus—Typhoid
fever—Diarrhoea and enteritis—Erysipelas—Puerperal fever—
Influenza, bronchitis and pneumonia—Phthisis—Cancer—Cerefcro-spinal fever—Anterior
poliomyelitis—Anthrax—Glanders—Leprosy—Cholera and Plague—Meteorology 2
B—Administration.—Dairies, cowsheds and milkshops—Offensive businesses—Nuisances—Housing
of the Working Classes—Underground rooms—Overcrowding—Houses let in lodgings—Death
rates in Council's dwellings—Common lodging houses—Seamen's lodging houses—Cleansing
of Persons Act, 1897, etc.—Vermin inquiry—Water supply to tenement houses—Revenue
Act, 1903—Factory and Workshop Act—Places where food is prepared for sale—Inspection
of food—Shelters—Mortuaries—Homeless persons—National Insurance Act, 1911 (Treatment
of Tuberculosis)—Health visitors—Water supply—Inspection of theatres, music halls,
etc.—Rag Flock Act, 1911—Midwives Act—Work of the chemical and analytical branch of
the Public Health Department 54
Chapter XXXII.(a).
Public Health Reports (continued)—Special reports submitted during 1013 by the Medical
Officer of Health 87
I.—Census of homeless persons, taken on the night of the 14th February, 1913.
II.—Census of homeless persons, taken on the night of 24th October, 1913.
*Chapter XXXIII.
Public Health Reports (continued)—Report of the County Medical Officer of Health and
School Medical Officer for the year 1913—Part II. (Education).
Introductory Note.—Medical inspection and treatment—"Following up"—Government grante—
Infectious diseases—Personal hygiene scheme—Special reports of school doctors 101
Medical Inspection 108
Medical Treatment—Adjustments in the scheme—Hospital treatment centres—Dental treatment 135
"Following-up" 140
Re-Inspection 147
Co-operation between School Attendance Officers and the Public Health Department 149
Malnutrition 150
Medical Inspection of Feeding Centres 155
Detection of Early Cases of Tuberculosis 156
Exercises for Children Suffering from Physical Defects 158
Open-Air Schools—Birley House—Shooter's Hill 169
Playground Classes 173
School Journeys Undertaken during 1913 175
Instruction in Hygiene in Upper Standards of Elementary Schools 182
Teaching of Infant Care 182
Teaching of Sex Hygiene 183
Personal Hygiene—Inspection—Verminous heads—Verminous persons and clotjiing—Scabies—
Children's Country Holiday Fund 183
Flea Prevalence, 1909-13 187
Examination of Candidates—For the permanent service—Teachers and county scholars 188