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[1920
WELFARE WORK BY HEALTH VISITORS.
This work was carried out during the first six months of the year by the
two Health Visitors. Subsequently the Council appointed five additional
Health Visitors, who conjointly performed the work set out in the following
summary:—
Nature of Visits.
Districts.
Total
Visits.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Pre-natal
19
10
63
47
88
34
37
298
do. (Home Re-visits)
1
...
...
...
10
...
...
11
Births
210
351
382
489
627
352
303
2714
do. (Re-visits)
117
51
277
101
131
135
135
947
Icfant Deaths
1
...
4
6
8
1
20
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
52
9
12
19
19
12
46
169
do. (Re-visits)
78
3
15
9
3
7
37
152
Puerperal Fever
1
2
• •
1
3
3
3
13
Measles
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
2
Tuberculosis
...
...
1
...
...
...
2
3
Whooping Cough
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
Pneumonia
6
2
1
3
14
..
1
27
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis
3
1
...
...
1
...
2
7
Acute Poliomyelitis
1
...
...
...
5
..
1
7
Diarrhoea
1
...
...
2
1
1
2
7
Chicken Pox
...
...
...
...
2
. .
..
2
Attendance at Welfare Centres
25
...
31
19
21
26
65
187
Visits re Milk Order
575
842
302
189
438
334
499
2679
Other investigations
287
29
91
64
52
212
216
951
Total Visits
1378
800
1179
943
1422
1124
1351
8197
No. of Attendances at Medical Othcer's Con
sultations at Centres
76
121
257
1
18
233
478
1184
No. of Babies seen
80
...
694
57
1058
29
...
1918
No, of Babies weighed
,,
..
276
695
782
191
94
2038
Milk Order—Interviews at Office
1199
397
753
467
1354
989
1507
6666
do. New Grants
63
115
209
140
487
203
152
1369
do. Renewals
201
305
559
278
1261
641
636
3881
MILK (MOTHERS AND CHILDREN) ORDER, 1918-19.
This order of the Ministry of Health has been in operation since
September, 1918, and during the year 1920, the sum of £12,255 16s. 6d. was
expended by the Council in the provision of milk to necessitous mothers and
children under 5 years of age. The total amount paid since the order was
constituted was £14,394 16s. Id.
The total number of orders issued during the year was 13,123.
Scale of Income for Necessitous Cases.
The net income mentioned below is the amount left after deducting the
household and husband's expenses from his wages.
No. in family. Net income per head per week.
2 10/-
3 8/-
4 7/6
5 6/6
6 or more 6/-
Circumstances respecting illness, unemployment, etc., are taken into
account when assessing cases. The above Scale is based on income of family
from all sources. If any charge is made, the applicants pay according to their
circumstances.