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Home Visiting. The total number of visits paid by the
Health Visitors was 28,807.
Infant Life Protection. At the end of the year there were
60 children in the care of 42 foster-mothers.
Premature Infants. During the year 41 premature births have
been notified, of which 25 were born in hospital, and 16 at
home. There have been 4 deaths.
Denta1 Clinic. This Clinic averaged 2 sessions per week,
and 2,181 attendances were made by 776 cases.
Maternity Home. During the year 631 women were admitted
for labour and 98 for antenatal treatment. There were no
maternal deaths, but 5 infant deaths, due to prematurity.
There were 7 still-births (5 macerated).
Additional Maternity Accommodation. Under the L.C.C. scheme
eight beds were allotted to this Borough in Queen Charlotte's
Hospital, and during the year 96 women had been admitted.
Babies Hospital. Owing to staffing and other difficulties
the Babies Hospital has been used temporarily as a Day
Nursery for Babies under the age of 2 years. Accommodation
was provided for 18 infants.
Day Nurseries. In addition to the Babies' Hospital four
Day Nurseries were maintained during the year. Accommodation
was provided for 185 children, and there was constantly
a long waiting list for vacancies. A review of the
circumstances of all parents with children in the Nurseries
was carried out in October with a view to the removal of
those cases where it was considered that the need was not
sufficiently great to make it essential that the mother
should work. This action was designed to provide accommodation
for the priority cases on the waiting lists.
Supply of sheets for expectant mothers. The arrangements
made in 1944 for the issue of priority dockets to expectant
mothers continued in operation, and during the year 954
dockets were issued.
Home/Domestic Help Service. At Home and Domestic Help
Organiser was appointed in April 1947, md by the end of
the year the Service was firmly established, nearly 20,000
hours having been worked in the patients' homes.
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