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Expectant or Nursing Mothers receiving a supply of milk
free of charge 169
Children under 5 years of age receiving a supply of milk
free of charge 88
The following is a Summary of the Work of the Health Visitors.
Visits to children under 12 months:
First Visits 808
Return Visits 1,530
Visits to children 1 to 5 years of age 2,862
Visits to expectant mothers 260
Visits to children or mothers attending the Welfare Centre 1,529
Visits to investigate infant deaths and still-births 50
Special visits or investigations 231
Visits to cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum 7
Visits to cases of Puerperal Fever 2
Visits to cases of Measles and Whooping Cough 334
Visits to cases of Tuberculosis 114
Visits to cases of Scarlet Fever on discharge from the
Isolation Hospital 75
Other Visits 13
Total Visits 7,815
Interviews, etc. 1,913
Supervision of the Production and Sale of Food.—
Milk.—There is only one cowshed in the district. Demands are
being made for its improvement, but owing to the terms of the
tenancy it is unlikely that they will be met and the premises will
in all probability have to be closed.
On the register there are 46 retail purveyors of milk compared
with 42 in the previous year. During the year there were eight
applications for registration, four being in respect of old premises,
the occupancy of which was being changed, and four in respect
of new premises. Before registration all the applicants had to