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Report of Mrs. Parkins, Health Visitor for St. Mary's and
St. John's Wards, in the service of the Clergy of St.
John's Church.
Notifications and Visiting.—Prom March 31st, 1915, to April 1st,
1916, 1,372 children have been visited in St. John's and St. Mary's
Wards. Notifications were sent in by—
The Public Health Department 585
The General Lying-in Hospital 159
St. Thomas's Hospital 118
Visitors 10
872
Added to these were 500 over a year old, with whom the Visitors
keep in touch.
The pre-natal cases number 277.
Every baby whose birth is notified from the Public Health Office is
seen by a trained Visitor three times during the year, on an average, the
card records of the visits being kept. The "hospital" babies receive an
average of eight visits during the year, voluntary visitors assisting. The
expectant mothers are seen once or twice, or much oftener, according to
the length of notice given and to the needs of the case. Daily visits are
paid, if, and while there is urgency of any kind.
The total number of visits to—
Borough Council cases 1,755
Hospital cases 2,216
Pre-natal cases 554
Babies over one year (approx.) 1,000
5,525
1 - Number of first visits paid by salaried worker to homes of—
(a) Expectant mothers 277
(b) Children 872
2—Total number of home visits paid by salaried worker to—
(a) Expectant mothers 554
(b) Children 3,557
3—Number of visits paid to children by voluntary workers —
(a) First visits 35
(b) Total 1,420