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Reference to the second table on page 77 will show that nearly five thousand
visits were paid to children under the age of one year and nearly eight thousand
eight hundred to children between the ages of one and five years.
This shows that there is in Barking a very real amount of work done in connection
with the visitation of toddlers and children up to the age of five years.
It is obvious from these comparative figures that more visitaticn is carried out
in the case of children under the age of one year than over the age of one year, and
this is rightly so, because it is during the first year that the foundations of health
are being laid.
I feel, however, that we should have an economic return if—not only in Barking,
but throughout the country—we had an extension of staff to pay more attention
to children between the ages of one and five years.
65. FOSTER CHILDREN.
The following is an abstract of a table compiled and returned to the Ministry
of Health by the 30th January, 1933, relating to the administration of Part 1 of
the Children Act, 1908, during the year 1932:—
1. Notification:—
(i) Number of foster parents on the Register:—
(a) at the beginning of the year 41
(b) at the end of the year 46
(ii) Number of children on the Register:—
(a) at the beginning of the year 52
(b) at the end of the year 54
(c) who died during the year Nil
(d) on whom inquests were held during the year Nil
2. Visiting:—
(i) Number of Visitors holding appointments under section 2 (2) at the
end of the year:—
(a) Health Visitors 5
(b) Female, other than Health Visitors —
(c) Male 1
Arrangements are made for notification to the Medical Officer by the fosterparents,
and for visiting by the Health Visitors.