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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 107
149 children between the ages of one and two years were
visited and 728 were re-visited. 298 children between the ages
of two and five years were visited, and 1,620 were re-visited.
The small number of first visits to children between the ages
of one to two', and two to five years, is due to the fact that most
of them had been already visited as infants. The 149 children
under two years of age, and 298 between the ages of two to five
years were children who had been born elsewhere, and so not
previously known and visited.
Six orphan children under the care of guardians were referred
to me by the London War Pensions Committee for supervision.
In each case the child was found to be well cared for
and the home conditions satisfactory.
The ante-natal work has developed during the last year
owing to the Welfare Centres having ante-natal sessions apart
from the Infant Clinics. The visits totalled 206 as against 83
in 1919.
The sanitary defects found in the houses during visits to the
mothers were all dealt with in the usual way. Cases in which
defects were found were referred to me by the Health Visitors,
and, in addition, 53 intimation notices and three statutory
notices were served by the two Health Visitors, who are also
Sanitary Inspectors.
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