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Session 11. 1921. NEW ZEALAND.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. ANNUAL REPORT OF DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF HEALTH.

Presented in pursuance of Section 76 of the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1909.

CO NT EN TB. Reports of— I'age Director-General of Health .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 Director, Division of Public Hygiene .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 Director', Division of Hospitals .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 18 Director, Division of Nursing .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..21 Director, Division of School Hygiene .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 25 Director, Division of Dental Hygiene .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 31 Director, Division of Maori Hygiene .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..32 _dioal Superintendent, Te Waikato Sanatorium .. .. .. .. .. .. ..34 Appendix : Impressions of Sanatorium Treatment, by 0. M. Scott, M.D., Medical Superintendent, Te Waikato Sana 11 iiium, Cambridge .. .. '.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..34 Part I. —General Survey. Section I.—General Administration ; Public Health .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 Section 2.—Departmental Pittance ; Hospitals .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 Section 3.—Maternal Mortality .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 Section 4.—Hospitals; Nursing; School Hygiene ; Dental Hygiene : Maori Hygiene; Charitable Aid .. .. 4 SectionS. —Board of Health ; Medical Board ; Masseurs Registration Act; Plumbers Registration Act .. 5 Section (i. —Te Waikato Sanatorium .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6 i Part ll.—Public Hygiene. Section I.—Vital Statistics : Population ; Births, Birth-rate, Still-births ; Deaths, Death-rates; Principal Causes of Death ; Infant Mortality .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 Section 2.—Notifiable Infectious Diseases : Comparative Table ; Scarlet Fever ; Diphtheria ; Enteric Fever ; Anti-typhoid Inoculation ; Tuberculosis ; Cerebro-spinal Meningitis ; Poliomyelitis ; Lethargic Encephalitis ; Infectious Diseases notified; Puerperal Septicaemia; Erysipelas; Influenza; Measles; Variola; Anthrax .. 8 Section 3. —Non-notifiable Diseases : Whooping-cough ; Cancer ; Venereal Diseases ; Social Hygiene Act, 1917 ; Clinics ; Hospital Boards ; Military and Civilian Cases ; Work carried out .. .. .. 12 Section 4.—Bacteriological Laboratories: Statistical Data .. .. .. .. .. ..14 Section 5. —Sale of Food and Drugs Act: Tables; Samples of Milk taken; Foodstuffs; Inspections and Results 15 Section 0. —Administration: New Health Districts ; Bacteriological Laboratories; Biological Products; General Sanitation .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ■• .. ..17 Part 111. —Hospitals. Section 1. —Co-ordination of Hospitals; Grouping of Hospitals; Staff; Base Hospitals, Development of same; Transference of Patients ; Suggested Conference of Medical Superintendents of Hospitals . . 18 Section 2.—Hospital Staffs; Minimum Standard; Honorary Staff: Organization; Lessons from Canada and America; Value of "Minimum Standard" .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..18 Section 3.—Departments; Records; Clinical Laboratory; X-ray; Standard of Work; Hospital Boards' Responsibility; Need of Specialists; Technicians; Training of Radiographers ; Physio-therapeutic, Need of Trained Medical Men; Orthopaedic, Establishment of Departments; King George V Hospital, Itotorua; Crippled Children receiving Treatment .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 18 Section 4. —Stores and Supplies : Defects, Comparative Returns, Co-operation between Departments ; Inspecting House Steward; Dietitians; Hospital-planning .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 20 Section 5. —Treatment of Crippled Children .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 20 Section (>.—Health Department's- Institutions .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 21 Part IV. —Nursing. Section I.—Nurses Registration Act: Examinations; Qualifications of Nurses from Great Britain; Nurses for Back blocks; Private Nursing; Nurses in Government Departments; Nurse Inspectors; Education Department School Nurses ; Distriot Health Nursing ; Country Districts ; District Work ; Superannuation ; Legislation ; Pensions ; Home-nursing Lectures ; Red Cross Organizations .. .. .. .. 21 Section 2. —Midwives Act: Examinations, Training; St. Helens District Midwives ; State Maternity Hospitals; Personnel; Statistics for St. Helens Hospitals: other Maternity Hospitals . .. .. ..23 Section 3.—Private Hospitals : Supervision and Administration ; Licenses issued .. .. .. ..24

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