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Health Visitors.
The following is a summary of the work carried out by the
Health Visitors during the year : —
First visits to Infants under 1 year of age 3,083
Subsequent visits 9,314
Infants between 1 and 5 years of age :—
Total visits 19,311
Expectant mothers :—
Total visits 2,544
Infant death enquiries 142
Still-birth enquiries 94
Visits to Puerperal Fever cases 10
Visits to Ophthalmia Neonatorum cases 40
Visits to other Infectious cases 2,780
Miscellaneous visits 1,334
Ineffectual calls 6,249
Attendances at Centres :—
Municipal 1,871
Voluntary 797
Home Nursing.
The following is a summary of the cases nursed by the Ranyard
Nurses during the year : —
Nature of Illness No. of Cases No. of Visits
Measles 123 1,095
Pneumonia 84 1,258
Ophthalmia Neonatorum. 2 24
Whooping Cough 2 52
Threadworms 3 10
Otorrhoea 1 17
Polio-myelitis 1 3
Puerperal Fever 2 43
Infant Life Protection.
The number of foster-mothers on the Register at the end of
the year was 153, and the children in their care numbered 312.
One child died during the year.