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The average period spent in the Home during the year by each
patient was 14 days.
Health Visiting.
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 381
Subsequent visits to infants under one year 1084
Visits to children between the ages of one and
five years 2477
First visits to expectant mothers 149
Subsequent visits to expectant mothers 28
Visits to tuberculosis cases 188
Visits to foster children 35
Miscellaneous visits 115
Child Life Protection.
Number of foster-parents on the Register:
(a) at the beginning of the year 6
(b) at the end of the year 9
Number of foster children on the register:
(a) at the beginning of the year 7
(b) at the end of the year 13
(c) who died during the year -
No legal proceedings were taken.
Dental Treatment.
Where necessary, expectant and nursing mothers and children
are referred to the Dental Surgeon for treatment and during the year
this was done in 47 cases.
HOUSING.
Number of new houses erected during the year
(containing 30 maisonettes) 15
Number of new self-contained flats erected during the
year (1block) 16
In addition, 11 houses were converted into 33 self-contained
flats.
1. Inspection of dwellinghouses during the year:-
(1) (a) Total number of dwellinghouses inspected for
housing defects (under Public Health Act or
Housing Acts) 490
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 520
(2) (a) Number of dwellinghouses (included under
sub-head (l) above) which were inspected
and recorded under the Housing
Consolidated Regulations, 1925 and 1932 15