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7. Is any special action taken in House-to-house visits paid to infants
respect of Infant Mortality during the months of June, July and
during the summer quarter of August, in each year,
each year ?
8. To what extent are the staff of the Chief attention given to infants to the
Sanitary Department diverted partial exclusion of workshops, verfrom
other work for this minous school children, non-notifiable
purpose ? infectious diseases, etc. Male
Inspectors, during 1911-1912 carried
out special house-to-house survey in
streets containing tenement houses for
detection of nuisances.
9. Has any system been organized See No. 7.
for visiting, during the months
in which diarrhoea prevails,
infants born during the previous
six months ?
10. Please state the relative amount All primary visits are paid by official
of work done by official and health visitors (3). These carry out a
voluntary agencies. number of re-visits, but great bulk of
this work done by voluntary workers
of the Health Society. The chief
and most valuable work of this
organization is in connection with
Infant Consultations and Mothers'
Clubs, at which official visitors also
render assistance in weighing babies
and addressing mothers.
11. To what extent is co-operation Medical Officer of Health is Chairman
between these effected ? of Health Society. Women Inspectors
are members of Committees, and
assist at the Infant Consultations, and
Mothers' Clubs. First visits always
paid by officials, and a certain number
of infants then visited entirely and
systematically by voluntary workers,
who also organize clubs and maternity
benefits for those mothers visited.
Reports of results of re-visitation are
made to Medical Officer of Health
through women inspectors.