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SECTION 24
HEALTH VISITING.
Health Visitors.
During the year the Health Visitors have made 18,187 visits
to homes.
(а) To expectant mothers:—
First visits 175
Total visits 200
(b) To children under 1 year of age:—
First visits 1,350
Total visits 4,617
(c) To children between the ages of 1 and 5
years 7,911
(d) Other visits:—
To cases of whooping cough 18
To cases of measles 13
To cases of ophthalmia neonatorum 5
To cases of discharging eyes —
To cases of diarrhoea 2
To cases under Children's Act 21
Visits after deaths 23
Visits after stillbirths 31
Miscellaneous visits 1,037
Ineffective visits 2,662
Chest Clinic.
In addition to the above, the Health Visitors attached to the
Chest Clinic at 180, High Road, Leyton, interviewed 4,834 patients
at the Chest Clinic, made 2,462 home visits and interviewed 2,206
patients at home.