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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
Births 11
Illegitimate Births 12
Stillbirths 12
Deaths 12
Causation of Deaths 12
Cancer of the Lung 13
Maternal Mortality 13
Infantile Mortality 13
Unemployment 13
Local Sickness 14
Open-Air Recreational Amenities 14
Section B. General Provision of Health Services for the Area.
Public Health Services rendered by the Council 18
National Assistance Act, 1948 18
Nursing Homes 19
Public Mortuary 19
Disinfection 19
Laboratory Service 20
Hospitals 20
Ambulance Service 20
Home Nursing Service 20
Health Visiting 20
Midwifery (Domiciliary) 21
Women's Welfare Clinics 21
Day Nurseries 21
Domestic Help Service 21
Diseases of Animals Acts 21
Medical Loan Depots 21
Meals on Wheels Service 21
List of Local Clinic Services 22
Section C. Sanitary and Environmental Circumstances.
Water Supply 26
Drainage and Sewerage 29
Cesspools 29
Swimming Baths 29
Section D. Factories, Outworkers, Smoke Abatement, Shops Act,
Rodent Control and Verminous Conditions and
Uncleanliness.
Factories Acts, 1937 and 1948 32
Outworkers 33
Smoke Abatement 34
Shops Act, 1950 34
Rodent Control 34
Pet Animals Act, 1951 35
Verminous Conditions and Uncleanliness 35
Complaints 35