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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 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]

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Table: One Health Visitor and a part-time nurse are employed, and the following shows the number of visits paid:-

One Health Visitor and a part-time nurse are employed, and the following shows the number of visits paid:-

First visits to infants under one year369
Subsequent visits to infants under one year1,289
Visits to children between the ages of one and live years2,203
First visits to expectant mothers109
Subsequent visits to expectant mothers62
Visits to tuberculosis cases225
Visits to foster-children39
Miscellaneous visits51
4,347

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Child Life Protection.
The Health Visitor is the Child Protection Visitor, and
she paid 39 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.

Table: Number of foster-parents on the Register:—

Number of foster-parents on the Register:—

(a) at the beginning of the year10
(b) at the end of the year6
Number of foster-children on the register:—
(a) at the beginning of the year10
(b) at the end of the year8
(c) who died during the year-

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No legal proceedings were taken.