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NON-NOTIFIABLE DISEASES.
Visits re Phthisis voluntarily notified, 27.
Visits paid re School Notifications concerning non-notifiable diseases,
such as measles, whooping cough, chicken pox, etc., to 921 children at 714
homes.
GENERAL WORK.
Visits to Creche, 2.
Visits to Private Schools, 4.
Enquiries re complaints, 40.
Miscellaneous visits, 298.
THE BABY SHOW.
A most successful function was held on July 16th, for which over 400
babies under 18 months of age were entered by their fond mothers, each of
whom have the "best baby in the world," much less in Edmonton. Many
more entries could have been made, but I felt sure that 400 were enough to
deal with, and events proved I was right. The idea originated with the
Lady Health Visitor, who worked hard in the cause, and the Show received
the hearty recognition of my Council, who appointed the Vice-Chairman, the
Chairman of the Sanitary Committee, and myself, as a Committee to assist in
the promotion of Miss Tettenborn's plans. The infants were divided into ten
sections, according to age, and prizes were given in each section. Special
prizes were awarded to (1) the best twins, (2) the prettiest baby, (3) the neatest
dressed baby, and (4) the healthiest baby in the Show. None of the babies
were weighed—the pale, fat baby, reared on patent foods, had little chance of
a prize.
The Show received excellent notices in the London Press, with the result
that for months afterwards the Lady Health Visitor and myself were the recipients
of enquiries and congratulations from correspondents in the United
Kingdom, the Colonies, and abroad.