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Foster-mother died 1
Foster-mother left district, taking child with her 4
Child removed from care of foster-mother at request
of Medical Officer 1
— 82
Number of children on register at end of year 100
(Actual number of foster-mothers having care of the
above children, 68).
Number of visits made by Infant Protection Visitors 602
In one case where the child was not being cared for in a satisfactory
manner it was considered desirable to request the fostermother,
who had three children of her own in addition to being
expectant, to make arrangements for the foster-child to be removed
from her care. In a second case in which the foster-child had
been removed to hospital suffering from burns, the foster-mother
was interviewed by the Medical Officer of Health and agreed
that as she had a family of five children it was not desirable for
her to take the foster-child back when discharged from hospital.
The following is a Summary of the Work of the Health
Visitors during the year:-
Visits to children under 12 months:- Total
First visits 1,809
Return visits 4,155
Visits to children 1 to 5 years of age 6,528
Visits to expectant mothers 518
Visits to investigate infant deaths and still-births 96
Special visits or investigations 154
Visits to cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum 15
Visits to cases of Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia —
Visits to cases of Measles and Whooping Cough 97
Visits to cases of Scarlet Fever on discharge from the
Isolation Hospital 138
Inspections of Women's Lavatories 93
Visits to children under care of foster-mothers 602
Other visits 4
Total Visits 14,209
Interviews, etc., at Centres 3,543