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Home Helps.—The system of providing assistance in carrying out the work of the
home to expectant, nursing or ailing mothers continued in operation throughout the
year. The women employed were found by and were well known to the health visitors
who also noted the cases in which assistance was required. The number of cases in
which home helps were employed in 1923 was 6. The average time for which the
help was required was 3 weeks, the longest being 4 weeks, and the shortest 1 week
The total amount expended during the financial year to 31st March, 1924, was
£l 10s. 0d., the payments made to the helps being at the rate of 25/- per week,
part of which in most cases was paid by the person receiving the assistance of the
Home Help.
SANITARY ADMINISTRATION.
Under this, which is made a separate heading by the Ministry of Health, the
Medical Officer of Health is required to make reference to a number of matters,
e.g., staff, hospital accommodation and some others, most of which will be found
dealt with elsewhere.
(1) Staff: Work of sanitary inspectors and. other officers engaged in
sanitary work. This matter, so far as the inspectors are concerned, is fully
discussed in an early part of the report.
One officer who has not been mentioned up to the present is the Mortuary
Keeper, and at this point it may be convenient to include a report showing the
extent to which the mortuary was used during the year. Regular visits of
inspection were made to the premises by the Outdoor Superintendent.