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FEMALE HEALTH VISITORS.†
Work of Female Health Visitor.
The Council's 2 Health Visitors have been engaged in the visiting
of houses wherein births had been notified, in looking after the milk
depot children {at the depot and at their own homes), in supervising
Infant Welfare Centres, in inspecting infants notified as suffering
from ophthalmia neonatorum and houses wherein deaths from
diarrhoea have occurred, and in making enquiries in connection
with notified tuberculosis cases—this last-mentioned work being
carried out on a separate day or days from those devoted to other
visiting, etc. The work for 1916‡ may be summarised as follows,
being visits and revisits made in connection with :—
Births 2,070
Tuberculosis cases ... 259
Ophthalmia cases ... 163
Infant Welfare Centres 63
Diarrhoea cases... ... 44
Special cases ... ... 53
Depot children ... 38
Milk Depots-
York Road ... 58
Moffat Institute ... 319
* The Sanitary Accommodation Order 1903 does not apply to the Metropolis.
† There are two female health visitors, viz., Nurse T. McHugh and Nurse A.
Stirk, the latter having been appointed by the Council on July 27th, 1916,
and commenced her duties on September Ist, 1916.
‡ 691 visits were also paid to houses, but no one found at home.