asked the Minister for Health the titles and publishers of the publications with information about the health services referred to in a reply of 8th February last.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Information on Health Services.
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As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose, a Cheann Comhairle, with your permission, to have it circulated with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:—
PUBLICATIONS CONTAINING GENERAL INFORMATION.
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Title of Publication |
Contents |
Publisher |
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(a) Report on Vital Statistics. |
Details of births, marriages and deaths with commentaries thereon; notifications of infectious diseases. |
Stationery Office (annual publication). |
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(b) The Statistical Abstract. |
Statistical material relating to the different Departments. Contains, on the health side, statistics of persons in receipt of various allowances, details of Hospitals Trust Board funds, costs of local health services, general information about hospitals. |
Stationery Office (annual publication). |
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(c) Guide to the Social Services. |
Detailed information on the various health services (and the social services administered by other Departments). |
Stationery Office. |
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(d) Summary of the Health Services, 1966. |
The detailed information on the health services contained in “Guide to the Social Services.” |
Stationery Office. |
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(e) The Health Services and their Further Development. |
White Paper (1966). Describes the origins of the services, the pattern of the present services and proposals for further development. |
Stationery Office. |
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(f) Memorandum from the Department of Health describing the Irish Health Services. |
Detailed description of the health services. (Prepared for the Dáil Select Committee on the Health Services). |
Not published. Sent to Deputies, Senators and others in positions of public authority with the consent of the Committee. |
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(g) Stencilled summaries (for inquirers). |
These describe the health services in general and the maternity services in detail. |
Department of Health. |
PUBLICATIONS ON PARTICULAR ASPECTS OF THE HEALTH SERVICES.
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(1) Report of Commission of Inquiry on Mental Handicap. |
Comprehensive description of services available and recommendations. |
Stationery Office. |
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(2) Mental Treatment Acts, 1945 to 1961. |
Details of legislation regarding the mentally ill. |
Stationery Office. |
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(3) Reports of the Inspector of Mental Hospitals. |
Description of developments in the mental health services; statistical information regarding institutions and patients. |
Stationery Office. |
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(4) Memorandum on Dental Caries and Fluoridation. |
Detailed examination of the problem of dental decay and the evidence favouring the fluoridation of public water supplies. |
Stationery Office. |
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(5) Reports on the incidence of dental caries, etc., in various areas. |
Information on the extent of dental caries in school children and on the analyses of public piped water supplies in the areas of health authorities. |
Stationery Office. |
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(Seven Volumes). |