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SECTION 24
HEALTH VISITING.
Health Visitors.
During the year the Health Visitors have made 16,797 visits
to homes, as follows:—
(a) To expectant mothers:—
First visits 163
Total visits 192
(b) To children under 1 year of age:—
First visits 1,534
Total visits 5,249
(c) To children between the ages of 1 and 5
years 6,445
(d) Other visits:—
To cases of whooping cough 72
To cases of measles 11
To cases of ophthalmia neonatorum 2
To cases of discharging eyes 7
To cases of diarrhoea 1
To cases under Children's Act 31
Visits after deaths 17
Visits after stillbirths 16
Miscellaneous visits 2,080
Ineffective visits 2,674
Chest Clinic.
In addition to the above, the Health Visitors attached to the
Chest Clinic at 180, High Road, Leyton, assisted at 4,651 chest
examinations, made 1,938 home visits and interviewed 1,704
patients.