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CONTENTS.
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Members of the Health Committee 5
Staff 5
Prefatory Letter 6
Section A. Vital and Other Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area.
Vital Statistics 10
Population 11
Births 11
Illegitimate Births 12
Stillbirths 12
Deaths 12
Maternal Mortality 12
Infantile Mortality 13
Unemployment 13
Open Air Recreational Amenities 13
Section B. General Provision of Health Services for the Area.
Hospitals 16
Home Nursing Service 16
Health Visiting 17
Domiciliary Midwifery 17
Child Welfare Centres and Clinics 17
Day Nurseries 18
Domestic Help Service 18
Ambulance Facilities 19
Laboratory Service 19
Tuberculosis Care Committee 19
Medical Loan Depots 19
St. John Ambulance Brigade 19
Old People's Welfare Committee 20
British Red Cross Society 20
Section C. Sanitary and Environmental Circumstances.
Water Supply 22
Rivers and Streams 25
Drainage and Sewerage 25
Cesspools 25
Swimming Baths 25
Section D. Factories, Outworkers, Etc.
Factories 28
Sanitary Inspection of the Area 28
Smoke Abatement 29
Shops Act 29
Petroleum Acts 29
Rodent Control 30
Verminous Conditions and Uncleanliness 31
Pet Animals Act, 1951 31