Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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Child .Life Protection. In accordance with the Transfer of Powers (London) Order, 1933, the administration of the provisions of the Children and Young Persons Acts, 1908 to 1933, now consolidated in the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, was transferred to the Borough Council, and the summary of this work for the year ended the 31st December, 1937, now follows :—
Year of Birth | No. of Nurse Children | No. of Visits | |
---|---|---|---|
1937 | 26 | 106 | |
1936 | 51 | 265 | |
1935 | 48 | 247 | |
1934 | 20 | 129 | |
1933 | 17 | 131 | |
1932 | 19 | 164 | |
1931 | 9 | 66 | |
1930 | 10 | 93 | |
1929 | 13 | 114 | |
1928 | 11 | 37 | |
Totals | 224 | 1,352 | |
No. of Visits, including verifications and registering of homes | 2,397 | ||
No. of Foster Mothers removed from Borough | 9 | ||
No. of Nurse Children legally adopted by Foster Parents | 2 | ||
No. of Nurse Children taken by National Children's Aid and Adoption Society with a view to adoption | |||
No. of Nurse Children who attained the age of 9 years | 9 | ||
No. of Deaths | — | ||
No. of Legal Proceedings taken | 1 |
A prime condition for registration of a foster mother is that she
shall attend regularly at her local Welfare Centre with the foster
child. The attendance is now ICO per cent., which may be
contrasted with the attendance of less than 25 per cent, before the
Transfer of Powers Order was made.