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CONTENTS.
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Members of the Health and Maternity and Child Welfare
Committees 6
Staff 6
Prefatory Letter 9
Section A. Statistics and Social Conditions.
Vital Statistics 12
Population
Births 13
Stillbirths 15
Deaths 16
Infantile Mortality 16
Maternal Mortality 17
Meteorological Conditions 17
Open Air Recreational Amenities 18
Section B. General Provision of Health Services of the Area
Civil Ambulance Service 19
Laboratory Services 19
Nursing in the Homes 20
Treatment Centres, Clinics and Centres 21
Tuberculosis Dispensary 25
Venereal Disease Treatment 25
Hospitals, Public and Voluntary 25
Bromley and District Hospital 25
Nursing Homes 26
Section C. Maternity and Child Welfare.
Municipal Midwifery Service 26
Ante-Natal Clinic 27
Dental Scheme—Mothers 27
Domiciliary Medical Practitioner Service 28
Midwives Acts, 1902-1936, Administration 28
Analgesics. Administration of 29
Maternity Hospital Provision 29
Puerperal Pyrexia Notification 30
Ophthalmia Neonatorum Notification 30
Premature Infants, Care of 31
Home Helps 31
Post-Natal Services 32
Health Visiting 32
Welfare Centres 32
Child Life Protection 34
Clinic Treatments, under 5 years 36
Day Nurseries 36
Domestic Help Scheme 38
Section D. Sanitary Circumstances of the Area.
Water 38
Drainage 40
Cesspools 40
Rivers, Streams and Lakes 40
Swimming Baths and Pools 41
Public Cleansing and Refuse Collection 41
Sanitary Inspection of the Area 41
Factory Act, 1937 42
Shops Acts, 1912-1936 42
Smoke Abatement 42
Verminous Conditions and Uncleanliness 42
Rodent Control 43