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The policy of the department is to provide at least a little amount
of help to all needy cases, and it will be appreciated that the task of
providing help, week by week to nearly 900 cases calls for careful
planning, particularly taking into account absences of staff owing to
sickness in the winter and holidays during the summer months.
It should be stated that as each new case is visited by the organising
staff, enquiries are made to establish whether the necessary help can
be provided by any other means, e.g., by adult children or other
relatives, but it has become increasingly evident that many married
daughters who would in the past have been able to help their aged
parents are themselves going out to work and are unable to assist.
The following table shows details of the cases served during the year:

INSPECTION OF CHILDREN'S HOMES
An important part of the work of the assistant medical officers is
the visiting of the several children's homes in the Area. These homes
are organised by the County Council for children in their care. There
are six such homes in Tottenham and Hornsey, five mixed with a
total of 23 boys and 26 girls, and one other home for 18 boys. The
homes are staffed by house-mothers with the exception of the home
for boys only which has both a full-time house-mother and housefather.
Each child is registered with a local general medical practitioner
just as are children in their own homes. The assistant medical officers
visit monthly, to supervise the children's general progress and to report
on conditions generally at the home.