View report page

104
Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
cil, and the homes were visited by the sanitary inspector.
These children were being treated at the London County Council
cleansing stations. In 57 cases where consent was obtained,
disinfection of the bedding and clothing of the patient was carried
out by the disinfecting staff.
In addition to the above 89 other cases in adults and four
children were reported to me. These cases were treated at the
baths at the Council's disinfecting station with sulphurated potash
baths, and in every case the disease was cured. The
average number of baths given per case was three.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
I.—Work of Health Visitors
The duties of the Health Visitors include the visiting of
infants under the Notification of Births Act, and of children
between the ages of one and five years, of all cases of measles,
whooping-cough, pneumonia, diarrhoea, and tuberculosis in
children under five years of age, and all cases of ophthalmia
neonatorum and puerperal fever, the investigation into deaths
of infants under one year, attendance and lectures at infant
welfare and ante-natal centres, the visiting of creches, and committee
meetings in connection therewith, investigation into
applications for milk under the Milk (Mothers and Children)
Order, the provision of free meals and dental treatment, the
periodical visiting of homes for unmarried mothers and children,
the keeping of registers and records in connection with the
above, and the preparation of monthly reports.
Since the opening of the Maternity Home the Health
Visitors also investigate the home conditions of patients applying
for admission to the Home, and also, in some instances, the
financial circumstances.