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At the first visit, the following information is obtained (or
every birth :—
Name.
Address- Rent.
Birth date; Weight at birth.
Age at first visit. Condition at first visit.
Method of feeding.
The number of the child; the number of infant deaths in
the family.
The number of rooms occupied in the tenement and their
condition.
The father's work and its nature; whether casual or
regular; in work or out of work; his earnings and
when he last worked.
The mother's work; its nature; her earnings and when she
last worked.
The usual support of the household.
Some of the above details, such as the earnings of the father
and mother, are not made the subjects of enquiry, but are only
recorded if they are given voluntarily.
At the appropriate times, the health visitors distribute leaflets
of information on measles, summer diarrhoea, flies and nuisances
associated with the non-removal of house refuse.
A visitation register is used to preserve a continuous record of
the visits paid and visits due to be paid. A full account of each
visit, its reason, the observations made, and the action taken are
entered in a daily journal.
Books of "reference slips" are used for referring to the medical
officer of health matters such as the following :—
Homeworkers found at work.
Cases of suspected overcrowding.
Cases of suspected phthisis, wasting, pleurisy, bloodspitting,
long-continued cough, long-continued asthma,
or long-continued bronchitis.