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West Ham 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Notification.
| Children | ||
|---|---|---|
| (1) Number of foster-parents on the Register: (a) At the beginning of 1931 | 50 | 50 |
| (b) At the end of 1931 | 55 | 55 |
| (2) Number of foster-children who died during 1931 | Nil |
Legal proceedings were not taken in any case; in one case
only the foster-mother refused on several occasions to allow the
Health Visitor admission to her home. She was warned, at an
interview with the Medical Officer of Health, that legal proceedings
would be taken if she persisted in her actions; as a result of
the interview, it has been found unnecessary to take further steps.
Registration was cancelled in one case (as stated previously)
owing to the persistent refusal of the foster-mother to conform to
the rules of the Council for the administration of the Act.
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
Arrangements are in force whereby any infant suffering from ophthalmia neonatorum can be admitted to hospital immediately if such treatment is considered necessary.
| *28 | 9 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
* Of whom six were not resident in West Ham, but born in
institutions in the Borough. In these cases the Health Visitors
of this Borough cannot visit the homes (as is the rule for all such
infants residing in West Ham) who are visited weekly till satisfactory
: but the Medical Officer of the Borough or district in which
the infant resides is notified.
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