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5. Number of children who attended a the Centres during the year, and who, at
the end of the year were:-
North South East West Total
(i) Under 1 year 727 386 370 432 1,915
(ii) 1-5 years 1,388 770 579 876 3,613
MUNICIPAL HEALTH VISITORS:
One of the Council's Health Visitors has been seconded to other work for
the Ministry of Health, and the temporary Health Visitor, who had been appointed in
order to cope with extra work caused through Civil Defence etc., resigned at the end
of August, and no other appointment was made in her place. The normal work of the
Health Visitors had been resumed by the beginning of this year, but visiting gradually
became more difficult owing to the increasing number of women engaged on war-work.
At the end of the year the Ministry of Health urged the use of Health Visitors in a
special drive in connection with the Diphtheria Immunisation of children under 5.
The Health Visitors also had additional work at the Councils Diphtheria Immunisation
Clinics. The Child Protection Visitor took over, in addition to her other work, the
visiting of prospective Daily Guardians and reporting as to the suitability of them
and their homes for registration under the Council's Scheme.
Summary of Visits:
Totals
1. Births, First Visits, Infants under 1 year 2,911
2. Births, Re-visits, Infants under 1 year 4,014
3. Visits to children between 1st and 2nd years 3,419
4. Visits to children between 2nd and 5th years 7,807
5. Visits re Stillbirths 92
6. Deaths, Visits re Infants under 1 year 62
7. Deaths, Visits re children 1-5 years 4
8. Ante-natal Home Visits 1,426
(Fever, Home Visits 1
9. Puerperal (pyrexia Home Visit 1
10. Attendances at Welfare Centres 309
11. Other work by direction (which includes Clinics and visits re
Diphtheria Immunisation) 4,127
12. Visits declined 15
13. Visits house shut 6,463
14. Visits Inopportune 13
Total Visits 30,864
CHILD LIFE PROTECTION:
Number of persons on register prepared to receive children at end of year 41
Number of children at end of year 48
HOME HELPS:
138 cases were attended during the year, the cost to the Council being
£374. 4. 10d.
The number of hours worked by Home Helps was increased in September 1942 from
30 to 40 hours per week, and the rate of pay brought into line with the local rates
of the Joint Industrial Council. This meant an increase in the cost of the services
of a Home Help from 30/11d per, week to 50/5d per week.
The number of approved Home Helps on the Council's Panel become less during
1942, and there were many difficulties in satisfactorily working the scheme.
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