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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Penge 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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Health Visiting.
One Health Visitor is employed, and the following shows the number of visits paid by her :—
| First visits to infants under one year | 417 |
| Subsequent visits to infants under one year | 1,212 |
| Visits to children between the ages of one and five years | 1,790 |
| First visits to expectant mothers | 153 |
| Subsequent visits to expectant mothers | 144 |
| Visits to Tuberculosis cases | 336 |
| Visits under the Children Act | 46 |
| Miscellaneous visits | 70 |
| 4,168 |
Infant Life Protection.
The Health Visitor is the Inspector appointed under
Part One of the Children Act, and she paid 46 visits to the
homes of foster-children.
Foster-parents are required to have the children in their
care examined by a doctor once every three months, and in the
majority of cases these examinations are made by the Medical
Officer of Health at the Infant Welfare Centre. The standard
of health of the children has been good.
Number of foster-parents on the Register :—
(a) at the beginning of the year 13
(b) at the end of the year 10