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CONTENTS.
Members of the Health and Maternity and Child Welfare Page
Committees 5
Staf 5
Prefatory Letter 8
Section A. Statistics and Social Conditions.
Vital Statistics 10
Meteorology 11
Population 11
Births 11
Deaths 12
Infantile Mortality 13
Section B. (I) General Provision of Health Services.
Ambulance Service 15
Laboratory Service 15
Nursing in the Homes 15
Treatment Centres, Clinics and Centres 15
Tuberculosis Dispensary 15
Veneral Disease Treatment 15
Hospitals, Public and Voluntary 15
Nursing Homes 16
Section B. (II) Maternity and Child Welfare.
Midwifery, Ante-natal 16
Practitioner Service, Domiciliary 17
Dental Scheme, Mothers 17
Midwives Acts, Administration 17
Analgesics, Administration 18
Maternity Hospital Provision 18
Puerperal Pyrexia 18
Premature Infants 19
Home Helps 19
Post-Natal Services:—
Health Visiting 19
Welfare Centres 20
Child Life Protection 20
Illegitimate Children 20
Adoption of Children 21
Clinic Treatments under 5 years 21
Day Nurseries 21
Domestic Help Scheme 22
Section C. Sanitary Circumstances of the Area.
Water 22
Cesspools 24
Refuse Collection 24
Drainage 24
Rivers and Streams 24
Sanitary Inspection 24
Factories 24
Shops Acts 25
Smoke Abatement 25
Swimming Baths 25
Verminous Conditions and Uncleanliness 25
Scabies and Impetigo 25
Rats and Mice Destruction 26
Legal Proceedings 26