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INFANT LIFE PROTECTION.
The duties under the Children Act, 1908, and the Children
and Young Persons Act, 1932, were transferred from the County
Council to the Borough Council as from the 1st April, 1933, and
the Medical Officer of Health and Miss Olive Pike were appointed
Infant Protection Visitors under these Acts on the 25th April,
1933 and the 23rd May, 1933, respectively. There are at present
10 foster mothers with charge of 10 children in the borough, and
65 visits have been paid during the year to these homes.
MATERNAL MORTALITY.
There were four deaths during the year which fall to be
classified under this heading ; exactly the same number occurred
last year. This gives a mortality rate of 2.57, when calculated
per 1,000 total (live and still) births. With the exception of
one death which was due to ectopic gestation, the circumstances
in each of these cases were investigated fully, a report being made
to the Ministry of Health. There were also two deaths in which
pregnancy was associated with the cause of death, but which I
considered should not be classified under the heading of maternal
mortality.