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are discovered by these visits, which defects are reported and
steps taken to remedy them. Pantry accommodation is very
inadequate in many houses and the food is very frequently
uncovered.
Much good is done by health visiting, and much ignorance
and superstition are dispelled. The immediate results may
frequently be disappointing, but we are encouraged with the
hope that the interest we take in the mothers' welfare may
lead to the children becoming the healthy men and women of
the future.
The distribution of visits in the different wards was as
follows :—
e. n. n.w. s. s.e. s.w. Totals.
Visits 802 376 206 12 147 103 1646
Re-visits 394 140 66 4 49 25 678
The number of births notified under the Notification of
Births Act during this period was 3028. 234 parents had to be
written to on account of the failure to comply with the Act,
and in 22 of these cases a second letter was necessary.
In the following table, information will be found with
regard to the births notified in the different wards, together
with the sex, whether born alive or dead, and by whom the
birth was notified :—