View report page

LIST OF CONTENTS.
Page
Introduction 1-2
Health Committee Members and Health Sub-Committee Members 4
List of Staff 5
SECTION A: STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS:
Statistics, etc 6-7
Population 8
Births 8
Illegitimacy 8
Deaths 8-10
Maternal Mortality 9-10
Infantile Mortality 10-12
Summary of Statistics 13
SECTION B: GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES:
Nursing Homes 14
National Assistance Act 1948 14
Laboratory Facilities 15
Mass Radiography 15-16
SECTION C: SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES:
Water Supply 17
Public Health Inspectors' Visits 17-18
Notices Served 19
Nuisances abated and defects remedied 20-21
Factories Act, 1937, Part I 20-22
Outworkers 23
SECTION D. HOUSING:
Overcrowding 24
Rehousing 24
Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954 25
SECTION E: INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD:
Milk - Licensing and Sampling 26
Ice-cream 26-27
Meat and other Foods 27
Food and Drugs Act, 1955 27
Food Hygiene Regulations, 1955 27-28
Classification of Food Premises 28
Unsound Food 28
Sampling of Food and Drugs 29-32
Legal Proceedings 32
SECTION F: RODENT CONTROL, PETROLEUM STORAGE, ETC.
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949 33
Petroleum (Consolidation) Act, 1928 33
Pet Animals Act, 1951 33
Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Act, 1952 34
Shops Act, 1950 34
Diseases of Animals Acts 34
SECTION G: PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER,
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES:
Notifiable Infectious Diseases, etc. 35-37, 39-40
Diphtheria and Whooping Cough Immunisation 37-38
Tuberculosis 41-42
3