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CONTENTS.
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Members of the Public 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 11
Stillbirths 11
Deaths 11
Causation of Deaths 12
Cancer of the Lung 12
Maternal Mortality 12
Infantile Mortality 12
Unemployment 12
Local Sickness 13
Open Air Recreational Amenities 13
Section B. General Provision of Health Services for the Area.
Nursing Homes 16
Public Conveniences 16
Laboratory Service 16
Public Mortuary 17
National Assistance Act, 1948 17
British Red Cross Society 17
The St. John Ambulance Brigade 17
Women's Voluntary Services 17
Chislehurst & Sidcup Voluntary Tuberculosis Care
Committee 17
Chislehurst & Sidcup Old People's Welfare
Committee 18
Hospital Services 19
County Council Services:-—
Home Nursing Service 19
Health Visiting 19
Midwifery (Domiciliary) 20
Domestic Help Service 20
Ambulance Service 20
Local Clinic Services 20
Section C. Sanitary and Environmental Circumstances.
Water Supply 24
Drainage and Sewerage 28
Cesspools 28
Rivers and Streams 29
Swimming Baths 29
Factories Acts, 1937 and 1948 29
Sanitary Inspection of the Area 30
Smoke Abatement 31