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INFANT LIFE PROTECTION.
Children and Young Persons Acts, 1908.1932.
At the end of the year there were 104 foster.children in
the care of 97 foster.mothers.
Fourteen foster.mothers were on the register but without
foster children at end of year.
The Lady Sanitary Inspector is responsible for visiting
the homes of all foster.children.
During the year 47 foster.mothers were removed from
the register for various reasons and 41 new foster.mothers
were registered.
Twenty.one applications for registration were not
approved.
A summary of the work carried out during the twelve
months under review follows :—
FOSTER.MOTHERS.
No. of Foster.Mothers on Register December 31st, 1935 111
>t (( „ Recommended for Registration 41
No. of Foster.Mothers removed from Register _47
(1) Removed from Borough 6
(2) Adopted Children 2
(3) Unsuitable 1
(4) 9 years of age 10
(5) Temporarily approved 3
(6) No further Foster.Children required 24
(7) Illness of Foster Mothers 1
,, Applications for Registration received but not Recom—
mended 21