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INFANT LIFE PROTECTION.
CHILDREN ACT, 1908, AND
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS ACT. 1932.
The work under these Acts is carried out by the Health
Visitors in their respective areas.
Foster-mothers are encouraged to bring the children to the
centres for periodical medical examination.
A register of foster-mothers and foster-children is kept by
the Medical Officer of Health and at each Centre. The following
is a summary of the Register: —
Centre—
No. 3.
No. 1. No. 2. & Sub. Total
No. of foster-mothers on the register—
At the beginning of 1934 20 8 10 38
„ ,,, end ,, „ 15 10 14 39
No. of foster-children on the register—
At the beginning of 1934 18 9 27 594
;; ,, end „ 20 8 36 64
Died during the year - - 1 1
On whom inquests were held during
the year - - -
Visits to foster-children—
1st Visits 9 12 20 41
Total Visits 150 117 186 418
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No proceedings were taken during the year.
ORTHOPÆDIC TREATMENT.
A joint (Maternity and Child Welfare and Education Committees)
scheme for the early diagnosis and treatment and
prevention of crippling conditions in children from birth to schoolleaving
age has been in operation for about five years, and is
giving highly satisfactory results at relatively small cost. The
local centre of this scheme is at the School Clinic, and hospital
cases are admitted to the country branch of the Roval National
Orthopaedic Hospital at Stanmore.