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Sanitary Administration.
year, especially since the Exhibition of Mother Craft and Baby
Show in April, which was a success, and made the Centre much
better known.
Expectant mothers do not make much use of the Centre for
consultation. Expectant mothers do not like mixing with other
mothers who are strangers to them, especially with the first baby.
Fifty expectant mothers were visited in their homes, and printed
leaflets and advice given to them.
There were three deaths among the babies who attended the
Centre (1 tubercular, 1 diarrhoea, 1 overlaid). Although there were
some very delicate babies attending the Centre, the mothers
followed out the directions and advice given, and the babies have
improved.
155 visits were made to the homes of tuberculosis patients
for inquiring into the patients and seeing that the treatment was
being carried out, and 95 attendances were made at the Dispensary.
396 visits were made for measles and German measles, and
instructions given re infection and disinfection.
HOUSE AND TOWN PLANNING, &c.
The routine inspection of dwelling houses has gone on as
usual this year, and various structural defects have been remedied.
The number is seen in the table drawn up by the Inspector of
Nuisances. No Closing Orders were made.
Twenty houses were demolished with the consent of the
Local Government Board, viz., 14 in Long-row (Malthouse Area),
which had been allowed to become ruinous by the owner, and 6 in
Waring's Buildings (Malthouse Area).
In one case a Demolition Order was determined, the house
having been rendered fit for human habitation.
ALLOTMENTS.
Now that there is likely to be a lot of waste land under
cultivation, the improvement in the appearance of such spaces will
greatly add to the amenities of the district, and the householders
will have extra facilities for the burying of garbage and other refuse,
and so relieve the amount of refuse at present taken to the
destructor.