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The 62 new registrations resulted from a total of 121 individual
enquiries. Eleven registered minders either decided to give up
minding or moved out of the borough. Thus it will be seen that the
volume of work involved was much greater than the additional
registrations would indicate. This necessitated the appointment of an
additional assistant nursing officer to undertake the supervision of
this work in the field and a clerical officer to assist in the
administrative procedure.
Regular supervision is maintained and the standard of private
care has remained consistently satisfactory.
Adoption and Boarding Out of Children
Adoption
Persons proposing to adopt children are required to submit
medical certificates as to their health before a child is placed with
the. These certificates are verified by the Council's medical officers
before consent is given.
Similarly, the medical records of the children to be adopted
are scrutinised and the Children's Officer advised on the child's
suitability for adoption.
Should the reports reveal any medical defects, inheritable
disease or handicap in the child, further enquiries are made and, in
the case of inheritable disease in the natural parents, the prospective
parents are interviewed by their own practitioner.
Boarding Out
The medical examination is given in accordance with the Boarding
Out of Children Regulations, 1955, and includes the Wasserman and/or
Kahn tests except where the child is over school leaving age or is
boarded out in an emergency or in accordance with Part III of the
Regulations. Again, the results of these medical examinations are
scrutinised in my department and the Children's Officer informed as to
their suitability.