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Expectant or Nursing Mothers receiving a supply of milk
free of charge 374
Children under 5 years of age receiving a supply of milk
free of charge 227
The following is a Summary of the Work of the Health Visitors.
Visits to children under 12 months:
First Visits 807
Return Visits 1,549
Visits to children 1 to 5 years of age 2,678
Visits to expectant mothers 182
Visits to children or mothers attending the Welfare Centre 1,601
Visits to investigate infant deaths and still-births 52
Special visits or investigations 183
Visits to cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum 13
Visits to cases of Puerperal Fever 1
Visits to cases of Measles and Whooping Cough 283
Visits to cases of Tuberculosis 136
Visits to cases of Scarlet Fever on discharge from the
Isolation Hospital 131
Other Visits 27
Total Visits 7,643
Interviews, etc. 1,536
The number of Births notified during the year was 1,280,
including 29 still-births. Of these, 807 were visited by the Health
Visitors at least once, the total visits to infants under one year
of age being 2,356. It will be seen in the Table that 2,678 visits
were made to children over 12 months old and under 5 years.
It is interesting to note that from Ealing 144 cases were
admitted to the Joint Maternity Hospital and towards the cost
of their treatment the amount of £604 14s. 0d. was received from
them.