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INDEX.
ITEM PAGE
Health Committee 2
Public Health Staff 3
Foreword 4-9
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
Acreage 10
Population 10
New Houses Erected 10
Unemployment 10
Social Conditions and Amenities 10—11
Population Graph 12
Summary of Vital Statistics 13—14
Extracts from Vital Statistics—
Births and Birth Rates 14—15
Stillbirths and Stillbirth Rates 15
Total Live and Still Births 15
Infant Deaths and Death Rates 16—17
Maternal Deaths 18
Death All causes 18—20
Causes of Death in Age Groups 21
GENERAL PROVISIONS OF HEALTH SERVICES.
Isolation Hospital Accommodation 22
General Hospitals 22
Ambulance Facilities 22
National Assistance Act, 1948 22
Public Mortuary 22
Disinfection and Disinfestation Service 23
Laboratory Facilities 23
Registration of Nursing Homes 23
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE BOROUGH.
Adoptive Acts and Byelaws 24
Water Supply 25
Drainage and Sewerage 25
Rivers and Streams 25
Chief Public Health Inspector's Report—
Tables of Inspections and Improvements, etc. 27—28
Food Inspection 29
Tables—Factories Act, 1937 and 1948 30
Public Cleansing Service 31
Refuse Collection and Disposal 31
Salvage 31
Kitchen Waste 32
Public Conveniences 32
Atmospheric Pollution 33—34
Clean Air Act, 1956 Smoke Control Area 34
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949 34—35
Pet Animals Act, 1951 35
Shops Act. 1950 35
Swimming Pool 36
Verminous Premises 36
Wasp Destruction 36
Schools 36
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