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The Wards, in which the houses (wherein the 154 new
out-workers were found to be working during 1913) are
situated, are as follows :—
Wards. No.
Marsh 16
Bishop's 20
Prince's . 34
Vauxhall 9
Stockwell . 20
Brixton 26
Wards. No.
Heme Hill 19
Tulse Hill 9
Norwood 1
Borough of Lambeth 154
FEMALE HEALTH VISITOR
Work of Female Health Visitor.
The Council's Health Visitor has been engaged, during
1913, in the systematic visiting and re-visiting of houses
wherein births had been notified, in looking after the milk
depot children (at the depot and at their own homes),
in inspecting the infants notified as suffering from
ophthalmia neonatorum, and in assisting in making
enquiries in connection with tuberculosis cases—-this lastmentioned
work being carried cut on a separate day or
days from those devoted to infant visiting, etc. The work
may be summarised as follows :—
Visits and Revisits made 1st Q. 2nd Q 3rd Q 4thQ Total
in connection with—
Births 359 216 525 360 1490
Ophthalmia cases 26 26 58 21 131
Depot children 51 10 10 8 79
Milk Depots—
York Koad 12 10 16 15 53
Moffat Institute 77 85 74 74 310
Special cases .20 7 7 5 39
Tuberculosis cases 109 87 83 118 397
Piemises, but no one .
found at home 132 88 222 160 602
'Used as a branch (distributing centre) in connection with the
Council's York Road Milk Depot.