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Home Visiting.— The Council employs three full-time Health
Visitors, who divide their time between the necessary work at the
Centres and visiting the homes of the mothers and children.
Their duties are as follows : —
1. To visit the homes of all newlyborn children amongst
the working classes after the 10th day of birth and subsequently
as required.
2. To visit the homes and make investigations in regard
to still-births and infant deaths.
3. To visit and give the necessary advice to parents in
cases of ophthalmia neonatorum, zymotic enteritis, whooping
cough, measles, and other diseases causing deaths amongst infants.
4. To visit and make reports on all cases of puerperal fever
and puerperal pyrexia.
5. To investigate all applications for the supply of milk
free or below cost price.
Tha following statement gives an outline of the very important
work carried out by the Health Visitors during the year :—
1. Visits Paid by the Three Health Visitors:—
To expectant mothers :—
(l). First Visits : 173 (2). Total Visits 359
To infants under 1
(1). First Visits : 1,049. (2). Total Visits 3,111
To children 1-5
(1). First Visits : 112 (2). Total Visits 2,005
Thus a total of 5,475 visits has to be recorded for the year
1932 which may be considered a satisfactory one in view of the daily
sessions at the Welfare Centres, and indicates that the health visiting
staff are kept fully employed in carrying out their various duties.