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CONTENTS PAGE Report of the 1 Director-General op Health .. .. .. .. 3 Report op the Director, Division op Public Hygiene .. .. .. 9 Report op the Director, Division op Mental Hygiene .. .. .. .. 23 Report op the Director, Division op Hospitals .. .. .. .. .. 37 Report op the Director, Division op Nursing .. .. .. .. .. 47 Report op the Director, Division op Child Hygiene .. .. .. .. 53 Report op the Director, Division op Dental Hygiene .. .. .. .. 57 Report on Maternal Welfare .. . . .. .. .. .. .. 61 Report of the Director, Division of Tuberculosis .. .. .. .. .. 65 Report op the Director, Division of Clinical Services .. .. .. .. 72 Report op the Director, Division of Occupational Health .. .. .. .. 76 Report of the Director, Division of Physical Medicine .. .. .. .. 81 Report of the Medical Statistician .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 83 Appendices— Poliomyelit t s in New Zealand, 1947-49, by F. S. Maclean, M.D., D.P.H., Director, Division of Public Hygiene .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 90 Report on Accidents Among Bush Workers, by T. 0. Garland, M.D., D.P.H., Director, Division of Occupational Health .. .. .. .. .. ..112 Typhoid Fever in a Rural Area, by Thos. C. Lonie, M.8., Ch.B., D.P.H., Medical Officer op Health, Palmerston North .. .. .. .. .. ..118

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