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Untrained Pupils.
11 months in the Home as pupil for the C.M.B. examination.
1 month district training.
12 attendances at the Ante-natal Clinic (Greenwich Borough
Council).
12 attendances at Infant Welfare Centre (Greenwich Borough
Council).
2 attendances at the Ophthalmic Hospital (St. Margaret's).
3—6 attendances at the V.D. Centres (St. John's Hospital).
As alluded to in last year's Report, No. 80, Shooters Hill Road,
adjoining the Home, has been purchased and altered to provide on
the ground floor two isolation wards for patients and on the upper
floors improved sleeping accommodation for the domestic staff. The
two houses have been connected by a covered passage, and it is hoped
that the premises will be ready for occupation early in the new year.
Children Acts, 1908 and 1932.
The duties under these Acts were transferred by the London
County Council to the Borough Council on 1st April, 1933.
Under Part 1 of the 1908 Act the supervision of Foster-children
and of the homes of foster-mothers is carried out by the Health
Visitors. Applications for registration as a Foster-mother under the
Act is sanctioned by the Borough Council on the recommendation of
the Public Health Maternity and Child Welfare Committee.
On receipt of an application for registration, the necessary
enquiries are made, the result of which is reported to the Committee.
In every case where a report is received the Tuberculosis Register is
investigated to ascertain if the Foster-mother and her family are free
from Tuberculosis.
The Foster-mother is informed that if registered she must comply
with all the rules under the Act and of the Council including the
provision of separate sleeping accommodation for the child. She must
also attend the Infant Welfare Centre where the child is under school
age. Registered Foster-mothers are visited in their homes every
2 or 3 months.
The following particulars are taken from the Register:—
Number of Foster-mothers on Register at end of 1933 23
Number of Applicants refused —
Number of Foster-children 26
Number of Foster-children who died during the year -
Number of cases legal proceedings taken -