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Hendon 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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35
INFANT LIFE PROTECTION.
The scheme for the supervision of foster children continues
to work satisfactorily and no modification has been
found necessary.
The following Table gives the position at the end of the year:—
TABLE X.
| Number of children on the Register:— | |
| (i) at the end of the year | 149 |
| (ii) who died during the year | 1 |
| (iii) on whom inquests were held during the year | Nil |
NUTRITION.
Milk, as heretofore, was provided for expectant and
nursing mothers and children under five years of age when
the circumstances of the family were necessitous and came
within the provisions of the Council's Economic Scale. The
amount provided was 10,618 gallons liquid milk and 1,787 lbs.
dried milk.
HOSPITAL PROVISION.
There is no change in the Hospital provision outlined in
the Annual Report for 1935.
HOME VISITATION.
The following are particulars of the visits of health
visitors to the homes of mothers and children under 5 years
of age and the method of feeding; as far as possible all
mothers are encouraged to breast feed children up to the age
of six months after which the child is gradually weaned.