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[1935
Total visits paid to homes 1,702
Special visits paid 9
Children removed compulsorily 1
Children removed to hospital 19
Children removed voluntarily 9
Deaths reported (Inquests—Nil) 3
Children for whom medical attention arranged 7
Cases recommended for prosecution 2
Other cases in which there was cause for complaint 4
Number of foster-children under 5 years on Register during 1935 318
(with foster-mothers 208)
(with Institutions 110)
Number of foster-children between 5 years and 9 years on Register
during 1935 81
(with foster-mothers 78)
(with Institutions 3)
Total number of foster-children on Register during 1935 399
(with foster-mothers 286)
(with Institutions 113)
By Order of
Single Justice
including
Infectious
disease
Institutions, including Schools.—110 children under 5 years of age passed
through institutions. These children are medically examined periodically by an
appointed Medical Officer. No resident school child under 9 years of age was
reported during the year.
The St. Luke's " Guest House," Penn Road, N.7, co-operates with the North
Islington Welfare Centre, where the children may be sent for any treatment such
as massage or artificial " Sunlight," and where cod liver oil, etc., may be obtained.
Number of foster-children who attended Welfare Centres or under private
medical practitioners, 101.
Of these, 93 attended Centres and 8 private practitioners.

*Guest House.
The " Guest House " in connection with St. Luke's Day Nursery has accommodation
for 12 children (and two extra in an emergency). During the year
ending March 31st, 1935, the admissions numbered 50. The accommodation has
always been fully taken up, and there were many demands for admission which
could not be complied with.