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Part 111. —Child Welfare. page Section 1. —General: Plunket Nurses ; Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children ; Nature and Purpose of Plunket Society; Maternal Mortality; Memorandum sent to Mothers; Dr. J. S. Fairbairns .. .. .. .. .. .. . . .. . . .. .. 25 Section 2. —Infantile Paralysis and other Diseases: Statistics showing other Causes of Deaths among Children ; Comments on Statistics; Infantile Diairhcea, Dunedin and Hobart compared; Rising Generation, Unfitness of ; Responsibilities of Parents and Guardians ; Herbert Hoover's Warning .. .. .. 28 31 Part IV. —Maternal Welfare. Section I.—Report of the Consulting Obstetrician, Henry Jellett, M.I). (Dubl.) : Recommendations .. 31 Section 2.—Report of the Inspector of Hospitals : Ante-natal Clinics ; Training of Nurses ; Maternity Hospitals ; Value of Ante-natal Clinics ; Sir George Newman's Opinion ; Value of Dr. Jellett's Advice .. 32 34 Section 3. —Report of Ante-natal Clinics : Established ; Staff ; Training ; Duties ; Attendances, <&c. ; Dental Hygiene ; Goitre-treatment; Pelvimentry ; Venereal Diseases ; Work accomplished ; Research ; Infant and Maternal Mortality .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 34-36 Department's Plan for Small Maternity Hospital .. .. .. .. .. .. 37 Part V.—Nursing. Section 1. —Nurses Registration Act: Result of Examinations ; Surgical Nursing compared with Medical Nursing ; Diploma in Nursing ; Reciprocity—Victoria, South Australia, Queensland ; International Council of Nurses ; Training-schools ; Nurses in Public Service ; King George V Hospital; Pukeora Sanatorium ; Otaki Hospital and Sanatorium; Queen Mary Hospital; District Health Nurses; Maori Nurses; School Nurses; Red Cross Nurses ; Superannuation for Nurses .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 38-39 Section 2. —Midwives Act: Examinations ; Midwifery Training ; St. Helens Hospitals, Statistics ; St. Helens Hospital, Wellington; Ante-natal Clinic justified ; St. Helens Hospital, Auckland; St. Helens Hospital, Christchurch ; St. Helens Hospital, Dunedin; St. Helens Hospital, Invercargill; Townlcy St. Helens Hospital, Gisborne ; St. Helens Hospital, Wanganui; Statistics, Maternity Hospitals .. .. 38-41 Section 3.—Private Hospitals .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..41 Part VT. —School Hygiene. Section I.—Administration and Medical Inspection: Staff; Work accomplished; Popular Education; School Lunches; Nutrition and Posture ; Nutrition Class ; Personal Hygiene ; Dental Caries ; Statistics of Medical Examination, Auckland District; Dental Nurses ; Defective Eyesight; Health Camps ; Physical Education ; Infectious Disease ; Epidemic Poliomyelitis ; Goitre .. .. .. .. .. .. 42-45 Section 2. —Mentally Backward and Feeble-minded Children : Committee of Inquiry.. .. . . 45 Section 3. —School Buildings : Open-air Schools ; Cleaning; Outbuildings .. .. .. .. 45-46 Section 4.—Treatment Returns .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 46 Section s.—Medical Examination of Teachers, Results .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 46 Part Vll.—Dental Hygiene. Section I.—Staff, Treatment, &o. ; Training ; Operations performed ; Accommodation ; Equipment .. 47 48 Section 2.—Propaganda .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 48 Photo of One Section of Dental Training Clinic, Wellington .. .. .. .. .. .. 48 Part Vlll.—Maori Hygiene. Section I.—General Health : Maori Councils; Water-supplies; Sanitation; Public Gatherings; Infectious Diseases ; Propaganda ; Native Health Inspectors ; Health Nurses .. .. .. .. 49-50 Section 2. —Anthropology .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 50 Part IX. —Health Districts. Section I.—Auckland Health District: Administration ; Water-supplies ; Food and Drugs Work ; Condemnation Certificates ; Private Hospitals ; District Native Work .. .. .. .. .. 50-51 Section 2. — Wellington - Taranaki - Hawke's Bay Health District: Infectious Diseases ; Water-supplies ; Quarantine Station, Somes Island; Hotel Inspections ; Water and Drainage ; Hawera Borough ; Plague Precautions; Food and Drugs Work; Regulations ; Sanatorium Treatment; Inspectors of Health; Infantile Paralys s; Maternal Mortality .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 51-53 Section 3.: —Canterbury-Westland Health District: Scarlet Fever ; Diphtheria ; Puerperal Fever ; General Sanitation ; Food and Drugs ; Cotton-waste, Skins, &c., Inspections .. .. .. .. 53-54 Section 4. —Otago-Southland Health District : Diseases ; Private Hospitals ; Food and Drugs ; Administration 54-55 Part X.—Government Hospitals and Sanatoria. Section 1. —Queen Mary Hospital, Hanmer : Male Patients ; Women's Hospital; Staff; Farm; Water Service ; Constructional Improvements ; Red Cross Recreation-rooms ; Administration .. .. .. 55 Section 2. —King George V Hospital, Rotorua : Staff ; Patients ; Physio-therapeutic Department; X-ray Department; Buildings; Grounds .. .. ... .. .. .. .. ..56 Section 3.—Otaki Sanatorium and Hospital: Treatment Results ; Administration; Otaki Hospital; Engineering.. 57 Section 4.—Pukeora Sanatorium, Waipukurau : Statistics ; Treatment ; Dental Treatment; Staff ; Chef ; Red Cross Society ; X-ray Department .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 57 Section 5.-—Medical Statistics .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 58 Appendix. Report on Epidemic of Poliomyelitis, 1925, by Dr. P. P. Lynch .. .. .. .. .. 59-64