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Hospital provision for infectious diseases, maternity cases
and infants, existing and contemplated, is mentioned further
on in the Report.
SICK NURSING.
There is need for further provision of skilled home nursing
in the District. The Local Nursing Association provides two
nurses for the home nursing of cases of ordinary sickness and
accidents, but manifestly more are needed for a population of
approximately thirty-two thousand.
STATISTICS.
MARRIAGES
Application has been made for the number of marriages
of Southall people, but the necessary information cannot be
obtained.
BIRTHS AND BIRTH-RATE.
The total number of births belonging to the District was
514; the number registered in our books, however, was 478.
The illegitimate births were 14, whereas only 6 were registered
in the District. The birth-rate per 1,000 population is 15.95.