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(12) Health Visiting.
The Maternity and Child Welfare work of the Borough is divided
between the M. and C.W. section of the Public Health Department and
the Royal College of St. Katharine. The latter body is responsible for
approximately one-third of the Borough, namely, the central portion
lying between Bow Road and East India Dock Road.
With few exceptions, infants are visited on the nth day after birth,
or as soon as possible thereafter. An endeavour is made to pay eight
visits during the first year of life, six in the second year, four in the third
year, three in the fourth year, and one or two in the fifth year.