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1924. 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.

HON. SIR MAUI POM ARE, X.8.8., C.M.G., MINISTER OF HEALTH.

CONTENTS. Reports of — page Director-General of Health .. .. .. .. .. ... .. . ..2 Director, Division of Public Hygiene .. .. .. .. ~ .. .. ..9 Director, Division of Child Welfare . . .. .. .. . . . . . . .. 21 Director, Division of Nursing .. .. .. .. .. . . .. .. .. 30 Director, Division of School Hygiene .. . . .. .. . . . . .. .. 32 Director, Division of Dental Hygiene .. .. .. .. .. .. . . .. 39 Director, Division of Maori Hygiene . . .. . . .. . . .. .. .. 40 Health Districts, Annual Reports of Medical Officers of Health. . . . . . .. .. . . 42 Medical Superintendent, Hospitals and Sanatoria .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 52 Part I.—General Survey. Section I.—General. Administration : Public Health ; Notifiable and Non-notifiable Diseases ; Anaesthetics 2 Section 2.—Finance : Hospital Boards ; Stores and Equipment; Constructional Inspections ; Plans and Specifications .. .. .. •. • • • • • • • • • • • • ■. .. 4 Section 3.—Propaganda ; Research .. .. .. .. . . .. .. .. .. 6 Section 4.—Divisional Reports: Child Welfare ; Nursing; School Hygiene ; Dental Hygiene ; Maori Hygiene ; Government Hospitals and Sanatoria .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 Section s.—Board of Health ; Medical Practitioners Act; Plumbers Registration Act; Staff .. .. .. 8 Part II. —Public Hygiene. Section 1. —Vital Statistics : Population ; Births, Birth-rate, Still-births ; Deaths, Death-rates ; Infant Mortality, Maternal Mortality .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9 Section 2.—Notifiable Diseases: Scarlet Fever; Diphtheria; Enteric Fever; Tuberculosis; Puerperal Septicemia; Influenza; Pneumonia; Distribution by Months and Districts; Age and Sex Distribution .. 11 Sections. —Non-notifiable Diseases : Cancer; Venereal Diseases .. .. .. ~ .. ..16 Section 4.—Quarantine and Port Sanitary Work : Plague ; Inspections of Overseas Vessels .. .. 17 Sections. —Bacteriological Laboratories : Statistical Data.. .. .. .. .. .. ..18 Section 6. —Sale of Food and Drugs Act : Tables—Samples of Milk and other Foodstuffs taken ; Weighings ; Inspections and Results .. .. .. . . . . •. ■ • .. .. 19 Section 7. —General Preventive and Sanitary Administration ; Co-operation of Customs Department and Dominion Analyst .. .. •. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .. 21 Part lll.—Child Welfare. Section I.—Progress in Infant-we If are Work: Stabilization of Mortality-rates; Plunket Society, Value of; Co-operation with Department of Health and other Agencies; Statistics showing Value of Education and Training of Mother; Graph .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..21 Section 2. —Extent to which the Health and Life of the Baby depend on the Knowledge and Personal Care and Attention of tho Mother rather than outside Aid—at and about Time of Child-birth ; some Weeks after Birth ; after a Few Weeks ; Graphs .. .. .. . . .. . . .. .. .. 22 Section 3. —Infantile Mortality in First Month of Life : New Zealand Rates compared with Amsterdam ; Graph .. 24 Section 4.—lnjury to tho Infant incidental to Child-birth : Attitude of Leading Authorities ; Dr. Hugo Ehrenfest, Comments on Injuries of the Skull-bones, Intracranial Injuries, Pituitrin ; Forceps, Dangers arising from Use of; Born Idiocy, Congenital Imbecility ; infant Welfare Conference, London, 1913; Twilight Sleep ; Gravity of Injuries to Brain at Dawn of Life ; St. Helens Hospitals, Infrequent Use of Forceps in comparison with Private Practice; General Comments, Open-air Schools, Playgrounds, Feeding - habits, Teeth, Health Week .. .. .. .. •• .. •• •• •• •• ■• ..26

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