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Romford 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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(iv) Child Life Protection.
1]] Romford, each Health Visitor also holds the appointment of
Child Protection Visitor under Sections '206 to 220 of the Public
Health Act, 1936.
TABLE 6.
| (a) Number of persons who were receiving children for reward at the end of the year | 30 |
| (b) Number of Children:— | |
| (1) Received during the year | 73 |
| (2) At the end of the year | 33 |
| (3) Who died during the year | 2 |
| (4) On whom inquests were held during the year | 0 |
| (c) Number of Child Protection Visitors at the end of the year who were:— | |
| (1) Health Visitors | 3 |
| (2) Female, other than Health Visitors | 0 |
| (3) Male | 0 |
| (d) Number of persons (in addition to or in lieu of Visitors under (c) above) or Societies authorised to visit under the proviso to Section 209 (2) of the Public Health Act, 1936 | 0 |
| (e) Proceedings taken during the year:— | |
| (1) Number of Cases | 0 |
| (2) Act and Section under which proceedings were taken | - |
Once again particular attention was given to the supervision of
foster mothers in the area, on the lines set out in my report of 1945.
(v) Adoption of Children (Regulation) Act, 1939.
Again, at the request of the various Adoption Societies, many
enquiries were made by the Assistant Medical Officer, and the
Health Visitors as to the suitability of persons desiring to adopt
children, and, on being informed by the Societies that such children
had been received, further inspections were carried out, and the
Societies notified accordingly.
When any doubts arose as to the status of an organisation,
desiring to place children for adoption, the appropriate Medical
Officer of Health of the district in which the organisation was situated
was given full particulars, in order to enable him to deal with
the matter.