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23 [1934
Two deaths of foster-children occurred during the year. One was an inmate
of an institution and died from a congenital heart defect; another was delicate and
under weight when brought to the foster-mother, attended one of our local Welfare
Centres, and on the advice of the Medical Officer was removed to St. Mary's
Islington Hospital, where he died. Both these came under the review of the
Coroner, who did not in either case hold an inquest. We were also satisfied that
everything possible had been clone for the children.
We also made enquiries into a third death of a child who had been under an
Islington foster-mother and had also attended one of our Welfare Centres. This
child was treated locally and was progressing well, but the mother who resided in
another Borough, removed him. He w as admitted to a Public Assistance Hospital,
where he died. Technically, this child, having been removed, was not at the time
of his death a foster-child, but in this case also while under the foster-mother's
care everything possible was done for the child.