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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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Vital Statistics—
Population 6
Birth Rate 6
Death Rate 6
Infantile Mortality 6
VENEREAL DISEASES 72
Infant Work—
Infant Mortality in various Wards 7
Infant Centres 8
Methods of Feeding and Mortality 4
Notifications of Births 10
Midwives 10
General Matters—
Tuberculosis and Milk 13
Disinfection 13
Cleansing of Persons at Disinfecting Station 13
The work of the Health Visitors 11
Mental Deficiency 13
Local Government Board Returns—
Table I. Vital Statistics of whole district during 1917
and previous years 16
Table II. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during
1917 17
Table III. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during 1917 18
Table IV. Infantile Mortality during 1917, Deaths from
stated causes in weeks and months under
one year of age 31
Table V. Cases notified and deaths from the principal
zymotic diseases for the year 1917 and
preceding years 40
Table VI. Vital Statistics of separate Wards in 1917
and previous years 41
Work of Sanitary Inspecting Staff—
Inspections 42
Notices and Council Orders 42
Municipal and other Common Lodging Houses 42
Factory and Workshop Act 44
Meat Inspections 48
Slaughterhouses 49
Dairies and Cowsheds 51
Food and Drugs Acts 52
Milk and Cream Regulations 53
Meteorological Records 57
Tuberculosis—
General Survey of cases dealt with through the Tuberculosis
Dispensary and work done in connection with
them 59
Sanatorium and Hospital Treatment 61
Work of the Borough Hospital 63
Report on School Medical Work 75