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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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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 year | 428 |
| Subsequent visits to infants under one year | 1,026 |
| Visits to children between the ages of one and five years | 2,105 |
| First visits to expectant mothers | 111 |
| Subsequent visits to expectant mothers | 47 |
| Visits to tuberculosis cases | 248 |
| Visits to foster children | 57 |
| Miscellaneous visits | 70 |
| 4,092 |
Child Life Protection.
The Health Visitor is the Child Protection Visitor, and
she paid 57 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 6
(b) at the end of the year 8