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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Public Health Committee 5
Maternity and Child Welfare Sub-Committee 5
Representatives on the Wandle Valley Joint Hospital Board 5
Representatives on the Wandle Valley Joint Sewerage Board 6
Staff of Public Health Department 6
Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area 9
Extracts from Vital Statistics 11
Vital Statistics:
Area 12
Population 12
Births 12
Deaths 13
Birth and Death Rates in Wards 13
Registered Causes of Death 13
Comparative Crude Birth-rates, Death-rates, Analysis of
Mortality, etc., 1938 15
Heart Disease and Diseases of the Circulatory System 16
Cancer 17
Violence 19
Maternal Mortality 20
Infantile Mortality 20
General Provision of Health Services for the Area:
Laboratory Facilities 22
Ambulance Facilities 22
Nursing in the Home 23
Treatment Centres and Clinics 23
Hospitals 25
Disinfection 26
Maternity and Child Welfare:
General Observations 26
Ante-natal and Post-natal Supervision 27
Maternity and Child Welfare Centres 28
Maternity Ward 29
Consultant Obstetrician 30
Home Help 30
Birth Control 30
Treatment:
Orthopædic 30
Dental 30
Minor Ailments 31
Provision of Milk and other Foods 31
Health Visiting 32
Child Life Protection 32
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