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THE WOMEN INSPECTORS (HEALTH VISITORS).
I give below an analysis of the number and nature of the visits paid by
them during 1918. The bulk of their work falls into four large divisions,
viz.:—
1. The crusade against preventible infantile mortality.
2. The work done in factories, workshops, etc., where women and
girls are employed, and amongst home-workers of their own sex.
3. The visitation of consumptives and other tubercular persons.
4. The visitation of scholars at home, when suffering from the noil-
notifiable infectious diseases, or measles.
In December the salaries of the Woman Inspectors and School Nurses
were settled on a graduated scale to begin with £120 and rise by £5 yearly to
£150 per annum. As before, the school nurses receive £5 yearly towards
maintenance of overalls and bicycle. This places these officers in a sound and
equitable financial position, comparable with other districts.
On September 2nd, Mrs. J. A. Hobbs commenced duty as 5th Woman
Sanitary Inspector and 2nd School Nurse.

With reference to children over one year, 32 visits were paid, namely:—
1 each in August, September and November, and 29 in December.