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Child Life Protection
The number of Foster Mothers on the register at July 4, 1948
was 56. 63 children were received and there were 101 on the register
at the end of the period.
Summary of visits paid by the Child Life Protection Officers
Primary visits to foster mothers 9
Primary visits to foster children 30
Revisits to foster mothers 379
Revisits to foster children 510
Number of illegitimate children on July 4, 1948 294
Home Helps and Domestic Helps (to July 4)
The Council's scheme for the provision of home helps for mothers
during confinement, which had been in operation since 1930, was
continued and was provided for 293 cases.
In a further 386 cases domestic help was provided for sick, aged
and infirm persons.
49 whole-time and 163 part-time workers were employed at the
end of the period.
Diphtheria immunisation mobile campaign
A street campaign was organised during 1948 and lasted two months.
It was held in order to offer immunisation to children who might not
be reached through the medium of the regular immunisation clinics.
The prophylactic used was APT, necessitating two injections, and a
van toured streets in the borough in the first four weeks, repeating the
same itinerary in the second four weeks in order that the second injection
might be given at the proper time. The van was accompanied by a
doctor, nurse and clerk and injections were given to children either in
the van or in their homes. Publicity was given to the campaign by means
of posters, cinema slides, leaflets, press announcements and by personal
propaganda on the part of the health visitors.
The final results of the campaign were as follows :—;
Completed cases (i.e., children who received two
injections) 635
First injections only 596
Total injections 1,866
Children who had received only one injection at the completion of
the campaign were invited to the immunisation clinics in order to receive
the second injection and so complete the course of immunisation.
Convalescence for children under five — Invalid Children's Aid
Association
The arrangement with the Invalid Children's Aid Association for
the provision of convalescent treatment for children under five wa?
continued. 22 children were sent away by the Lewisham branch of
the Association during the period under report.