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Of the 2,166 babies visited, J ,774 were breast fed; 171 hand fed;
while 221 were both breast and hand fed, i.e., "mixed feeding."
Owing to the increasing duties falling upon the Department an
additional temporary health visitor was engaged during the year. The
Committee are again indebted to the several ladies (Mrs. Green, Miss
Jacob, Mrs. Rivers, the Misses Warcup) who have so regularly assisted
the clinics and given valuable assistance, but more are required. With
the lack of voluntary workers each health visitor was called upon to
attend at least two clinics per week. This took up an amount of time
that might have been more profitably occupied in home visiting,
especially as the time spent in the clinics was on work which did not
call for trained workers, e.g., the weighing of the babies, the sale of
dried milk, Virol, etc. The desirability of distributing these articles
from one centre, such as the Town Hall, was discussed, but was not
considered feasible at the time.
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
The list of notifiable infectious diseases has been extended and
now includes the following diseases, viz.:- Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria,
Erysepilas, Enteric Fever, Puerperal Fever, Cerebro-Spinal Fever,
Measles, German Measles, Pulmonary Tuberculosis, other Tuberculous
Diseases, Smallpox, Ophthalmia Neonatorum, Poliomyelitis, Anthrax,
Primary Pneumonia, Influeuzal Pneumonia, Malaria, Dysentery,
Trench Fever, Encephalitis lethargica and Polio-Encephalitis.
A uniform form of certificate or notification by medical practitioners
tor all notifiable infectious diseases was prescribed by the Local
Government Board early in the year and has been greatly appreciated
by all concerned.
The following table gives the number of cases of infectious diseases
notified in the Borough, together with the number removed to hospital: