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All foods supplied at the centre are paid for at cost price, and
milk is supplied in accordance with milk scheme. At some of the
municipal centres, students are received from Training Colleges for
practical training without fee. Not more than two students are
received in one term, and they, of course, give a measure of voluntary
help in the centre.
HOME VISITING.
The Borough is at present divided into 13 districts for the
purpose of home visiting, 10 of which are allotted to municipal
Health Visitors, and one each to the Health Visitors of St. George's
Hall, Fulford Street and Salomon's Centre. Each Health Visitor
keeps a register and makes a weekly return of visits. The home of
each child is visited according to a definite scheme, the first visit
being made as soon after the tenth day after birth as possible, and
subsequent visits at 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, and 18 months, and
at 2 years, 2½, 3, 4, and 5 years. The object of the visiting is
twofold; to secure improvement where necessary and possible,
in the home conditions, and to keep a watchful eye on the health
of the child. A record card is kept for each child, and when a
visit has been made and recorded, the card is filed for the date of
the next visit. Stillbirths are investigated, and sanitary defects
and instances of overcrowding, discovered during visitation are
reported by the Health Visitor to the Medical Officer of Health.
When a child removes from the Borough to a known address elsewhere,
information regarding the child is sent to the Medical Officer
of Health of the district. Special visits are often made on the instructions
of the lady doctor or the Medical Officer of Health, as,
for instance, in the case of patients booking with maternity
hospitals for confinement. These patients are visited in their
homes by the municipal Health Visitor, a report being made to
the hospital.
MIDWIFERY SCHEME.
Under this scheme the Borough Council may pay the whole or
part of the fee of any midwife on the approved list who attends at
home any confinement of a Bermondsey mother. The midwife
may act either independently as a midwife, or where a doctor is