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The Wards, in which the houses (wherein the 156 new
out-workers were found to be working during 1912) are
situated, are as follows:—
Wards. No. Wards. No.
Marsh 6 Heme Hill 37
Bishop's 14 Tulse Hill 10
Prince's 25 Norwood 3
Vauxhall 8
Stockwell 25 Borough of Lambeth 156
Brixton 28
FEMALE HEALTH VISITOR
Work of Female Health Visitor.
The Council's Health Visitor has been engaged, during
1912, in the systematic visiting of houses wherein births
have been notified, in looking after the milk depot children,
in inspecting the infants notified as suffering from
ophthalmia neonatorum, and in making enquiries in connection
with tuberculosis cases. The work may be
summarised as follow:—
1st Q. 2nd Q. 3rd Q. 4th Q. Total.
Births visited. 376 349 415 395 1535
Ophthalmia cases inspected
52 72 54 38 216
Depot children visited 100 46 46 33 225
VisitstoMilk Depots—
York Road ... 23 27 17 21 88
Moffat Institute* . 76 71 66 77 290
Births revisited 31 20 14 36 101
Special cases dealt
with 7 3 16 9 35
Tuberculosis cases
visited and revisited 90 98 66 108 362
Diarrhoea cases visited ... ... 6 ... 6
Premises visited but no
one found at home 83 100 164 144 491
'Used as a branch (distributing) centre.