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(b) Number of beds for such cases in convalescent institutions :
(i) provided by the Council—nil.
(ii) provided by voluntary associations—2.
(c) Total number of cases admitted to the beds included in (b) during the
year—18.
(d) Total number of such cases sent by the Council during the year to
other convalescent institutions—nil.
Midwives.
(a) Number (i) employed by the Council, nil; (ii) subsidised by the
Council, nil; (iii) employed by voluntary associations, nil.
(b) Number of cases during the year in which the Council paid or
buted to the fee of a midwife, nil.
Child Life Protection.
Administration of Part I of the Children Act, 1908 as amended by Part V of
the Children and Young Persons Act, 1932.
(a) Number of persons on the register who were receiving children for
reward at the end of the year, 8.
(b) Number of children on the register: (i) at the end of the year, 10;
(ii) who died during the year, nil; (iii) on whom inquests were held
during the year, nil; (iv) returned to parents during the year, 4;
(v) removed to institutions during the year, nil; (vi) adopted during
the year, nil.
(c) Number of infant protection visitors at the end of the year who were:
(i) health visitors, 6; (ii) female, other than health visitors, nil;
(iii) male, nil.
(d) Number of persons (in addition to or in lieu of visitors under (c) above)
or societies authorised to visit under the proviso to Section 2 (2) of
the Act of 1908, nil.
(e) Proceedings taken during the year: No. of cases, nil.
(f) Number of cases in which the local authority has given a sanction
during the year: (i) under (a) of section 3 of the Act of 1908, nil;
(ii) under (b) of section 3 of the Act of 1908, nil; (iii) under (c) of
section 3 of the Act of 1908, nil.
(g) Number of orders obtained during the year under section 67 of the
Act of 1932: (i) from a court of summary jurisdiction, nil; (ii) from
a single justice, nil.
(h) Number of inspections, 216.
For the information of those desiring to receive or to place children, and with
the object of providing protection for the latter particularly, the Public Health
Committee arranged for the publication at regular intervals throughout the year in
newspapers published in the Borough of an advertisement to the following effect:
Infant Life Protection.—Persons accepting or proposing to accept payment or reward
for accommodating infants and children in their homes and those desirous of finding accommodation
for children should apply to the Medical Officer of Health at the Town Hall,
Marylebone Road, N.W.I. Advice is given free and there is no fee on registration.
Health Visitors and Home Visits.
There are five whole-time and three part-time health visitors employed by the
Council, whose duties include the carrying out of periodic visits to the homes of
children of from 18 months to 5 years of age. Children of from 18 months to 2 years
are visited every 3 months and those from 2 to 5 years every 6 months. At these
visits the health visitors make enquiries into the health of the children and persuade
the mothers to attend the clinic, or otherwise obtain treatment of any illness or
defect that may be present. Many of the children of from 3 to 5 years attend
school, but routine visits are still made to the homes of these children.