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1933. 1934.
Ante-natal visits 296 406
Visits re:—
Puerperal Fever cases — —
Puerperal Pyrexia cases — 2
Special visits (test-feeds, following
special cases seen by M.O. at
Centres, failing lactation, etc.) 1210 1173
Visits re:—
Tuberculosis cases 29 9
Diphtheria Immunisation 158 58
Total visits 6797 7113
As hitherto, all notified births are visited by the Health
Visitors upon the notifications being received. Any cases requiring
special attention are re-visited periodically, and all mothers are
given a cordial invitation to attend the Centres if they so desire.
These arrangements continue to work satisfactorily.
Owing to the increasing work of the Centres, the services of an
additional Health Visitor will be required in the near future. It
is anticipated that* such an appointment will have been made by
the time this Report is circulated.
Children Acts, 1908-32.—The passing of the Children and
Young Persons Act, 1932, has thrown a much greater responsibility
upon the Council in respect of this most important work. The
various regulations of the Act have been complied with and the
work allocated between the Maternity and Child Welfare Health
Visitors and the Health Visitor appointed for general Public
Health purposes. Foster-children under the age of 5 years are
superintended by the former, while those over 5 come under the
jurisdiction of the latter. Apart from minor faults, mainly in the
direction of tardy notification of the receipt of foster children,
little difficulty has been met with in the administration of this Act.
During 1934 the visits paid in connection with this work were as
follows :—
Number of registered foster mothers 9
Number of foster children 11
Total visits paid 23
No case of neglect was discovered during the year.
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