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Foster Children.
The following tables show the number of foster
children and foster mothers in the distriet:—
Foster Children —
No. on register, December 31st, 1934 36
No. added to register 37
No. deducted owing to refusal, removal, deaths,
or reaching age of nine 30
No. on register, 31st December, 1935 43
Foster Mothers-
No. on register, 31st December, 1934 34
No. of additions during year 15
No. taken off during year 14
No. on register, 31st December, 1935 35
Those who desire to be registered as foster mothers,
on making application to the Authority (The Dagenham
Urban District Council), receive a visit by a Health
Visitor and Sanitary Inspector. A full examination is
made of the conditions obtaining in the home and a
report on the prospective foster mother is made by the
Health Visitor; further, if the foster mother should have
recently moved into the district and previously acted
in this capacity, a report is obtained from the Medical
Officer of Health of the district in which she formerly
lived. It will be seen that every effort is made to
maintain a high standard of foster parent. According
to the existing law, when application is made for
registration in the case of the first child, the Local
Authority has no power to refuse except under certain
specified conditions. If, however, it is subsequently
considered that the environment of the foster mother
may be prejudicial to the child, the procedure is to