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CONTENTS.
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Members of the Health Committee 7
Staff 7
Prefatory Letter 9
Section A. Vital and Other Statistics and Social Conditions.
Vital Statistics 14
Population 15
Births 15
Premature Births 16
Stillbirths 16
Infantile Mortality 17
Maternal Mortality 17
Deaths 17
Unemployment 18
Meteorological Conditions 19
Open Air Recreational Amenities 19
Section B. General Provision of Health Services for the Area.
Ambulance Service 22
Laboratory Services 22
Supply of Insulin 22
Nursing in the Home 22
Old People's Homes 23
Clinics and Welfare Centres 26
Domestic Help Scheme 30
Hospitals 30
Nursing Homes 31
Section C. Maternity and Child Welfare.
Municipal Midwifery Scheme 34
Ante-Natal Clinic 34
Administration of Midwives Acts, 1902-1936 35
Home Helps Scheme 35
Dental Treatment (Expectant and Nursing
Mothers) 35
Care of Premature Infants 36
Puerperal Pyrexia 36
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 36
Pemphigus Neonatorum 36
Welfare Centres 36
Clinic Treatment of Children under 5 years 37
Home Visiting by Health Visitors 37
Child Life Protection 37
Adoption of Children 38
Care of Illegitimate Children 38
Day Nurseries 38