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Public Health and Housing Committee
Maternity and Child Welfare Committee 2
Preface 6
I—GENERAL STATISTICS.
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Census, 1931
Population 9
Sickness and Invalidity 10
Physical Features of the Area 10
Social Conditions 10
II.—VITAL STATISTICS.
Annual Statistics (including those of Wards) 11
Births 13
Marriages 15
Deaths 15
Deaths from Cancer 19
Maternal Mortality 21
Child Mortality 22
Infantile Mortality 23
III. GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES.
Public Health Officers 26
Professional Nursing in the Home 29
Midwives 29
Laboratory Facilities 29
Adoptive Acts, By-laws and Regulations in Force in the District 29
Hospitals 30
Institutional Treatment of Unmarried Mothers 30
Ambulance Facilities 30
Clinics and Treatment Centres 31
Maternal Mortality 33
Health Visiting 34
Vaccination 35
Supply of Insulin 36
IV.—HEALTH PROPAGANDA.
Health Week, 1931 37
Health Talks to School Children 38
Health Lectures to Adults 40
Informal Talks 40
"Better Health" 40
Health Services Booklet 40