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Dagenham 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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Hospital reports received on 44 cases.
No. of visits 255
Average number of visits per patient 2
The provision of in-patient hospital treatment for
post-natal cases is recommended; this extension of the
Maternity and Child Welfare Service is now under
consideration by the Committee.
Foster Children.
The following tables show the number of foster children and foster mothers in the district:—
| Foster Children— | |
| No. on register, December 31st, 1935 | 43 |
| No. added to register | 35 |
| No. deducted owing to refusal, removal, deaths, or reaching age of nine | 44 |
| No. on register, 31st December, 1936 | 34 |
| Foster Mothers— | |
| No. on register, 31st December, 1935 | 35 |
| No. of additions during year | 14 |
| No. taken off during year | 17 |
| No. on register, 31st December, 1936 | 32 |
Those who intend to receive foster children, 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.