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They will certainly make a great difference to the health
of the persons who will be housed there and if used for
relieving overcrowding the congestion in the houses
vacated by the new tenants will he considerably relieved.
If it is found possible to accommodate a certain
proportion of people of the lower wage earning class the
outlook will be brighter than at present. Two main
causes aggravate the bad housing conditions of the
people, firstly poverty and bad trade and secondly the
crowding of the population into very large towns, and
until some effort is made to induce the people and their
employers to move their houses and factories into areas
where there is more space, improvement in housing
conditions is bound to be very slow. Centres such as
Port Sunlight and Bournville are examples worth following.
Probably the best solution to the Country's housing
difficulties lies in this direction.
Official Acts, Orders and Circulars were issued
during 1928 dealing with the following matters:—
Tuberculosis:—
20: 7:28. 714/4001. Tuberculosis, and St. Bartholomew's
Hospital.
Maternity and Child Welfare :—
28: 3:28. 879. Health Visitors.
23 : 3 :28. 888. Maternal Mortality.
31 : 5 :28. 893. Puerperal Pyrexia and
mia Neonatorum.
31 : 7 :28. 911. Infant Welfare Clinics and Ante
Natal Clinics and Notification
of Maternal Deaths.
24:10:28. 934. Maternal Mortality.
Infectious Diseases:—
27 : 7 :28. 72765. Metropolitan Asylums (Measles)
Recission Order, 1928.
Sale of Food and Drugs:-
13: 7:28. 571. Merchandise Marks (Imported
Cioods) No. 3 order.
3 : 8 :28. — Agricultural Produce (Grading
and Marking) Act, i928.