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CONTENTS
Medical Officer's Report—
Public Health Committee 1
Maternity and Child Welfare Committee 1
Staff 2
Staff and Administration 5
Natural and Social Conditions of the Area 5
Vital Statistics for 1931 6
Birth Rate, Death Rate, and Analysis of Mortality 7
Population, Birth and Death Rates for each Ward,
1931 8
Births 8
Deaths 9
Infantile Mortality 12
Public Assistance 13
General Provision of Health Services in the Area 13
Professional Nursing in the Home 15
Midwives Acts, 1902-1926 15
Nursing Homes Registration Act, 1927 16
Mortuary 17
List of Local Acts, Orders and Adoptive Acts, in force 17
Sanitary Inspection of District 19
Factories and Workshops 21
Sanitary Circumstances of the Area 23
Sanitary Inspector's Report—
Notices Served 24
Legal Proceedings 24
Opening up of Drains under Section 41 of the Public
Health Act, 1875, and Amending Acts 24
House Drainage 24
House to House Inspection 25
House Inspection 25
Overcrowding 25
Houses Let in Lodgings 26
Verminous Rooms 26
Common Lodging Houses 26
Van Dwellings 27
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops 27
Infectious Disease and Disinfection 27
School Disinfection 28
Yard Paving 28
Stable Refuse 28
Inspections under the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901 28
Shops Acts, 1912-28 28
Slaughter Houses and Food Inspection 29
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875 to 1928 29
Petroleum Acts 29
Diseases of Animals Acts, 1894 to 1925 29
The Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924 30
Rent (Restrictions) Acts, 1920 to 1923 30
Water Supply 30
Employment Agencies 30
Employment of Children Bye-laws 31
Fouling of Footways by Dogs 31
Small-pox Contacts 31
Mosquitoes 31
Offensive Trades 31
Summary Table—Nuisances Abated 32
Medical Officer's Report—continued.
Housing Statistics for the Year 1931 33
Overcrowding 35
Inspection and Supervision of Food 38
Prevalence of, and Control over, Infectious Diseases 39
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