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Maternity and Child Welfare.
the full responsibility, and appointed the four women
members of their Committee as a Management SubCommittee.
The Hostel has been open under the authority of the
Council since June, 1920. There is accommodation
for 11 unmarried mothers and their babies, and during
the whole of the time it has been open there have been
not less than ten mothers present.
Summary of the Work of the Health Visitors.
It is appropriate that all the visits of the Health
Visitors should be summarised at the end of the account
of the Maternity and Child Welfare work, so as to give
an idea of the extent of their activities.
Visits to infants and children under 5 years of age 5,005
Visits to expectant mothers 159
Visits to children or mothers attending the
Welfare Centre 1,266
Visits to investigate infant deaths and still-births 75
Special visits or investigations 226
Visits to cases of ophthalmia neonatorum 27
Visits to cases of pueperal fever 8
Visits to cases of measles 546
Visits to cases of tuberculosis 51
Visits to cases of scarlet fever discharged from the
Isolation Hospital 224
Other visits 81
Total Visits 7,668
Interviews, etc. 653