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III. Notifications of Puerperal Septicemia.
Visits and revisits II
Visits 4
Revisits 7
IV. Notifications of Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Visits and revisits 19
Visits 11
Revisits 8
V. Notifications of Tuberculosis.
(a.) Visits and revisits to patients 253
Visits 133
Revisits 120
(b.) Enquiries into deaths from tuberculosis 7
VI. Miscellaneous work in connection with the above.
(a.) Visits to homes 81
(b).) Interviews with various people concerned in
the work113
VII. Futile visits, i.e., to those who had removed, or for some
other cause could not be found ... ... ... 277
Total number 3,362
I. Notifications of Births.
Some of the notifications received related to births occurring in homes above
the standard for visiting; the others have all been dealt with, though in some
instances the visits were futile, for reasons such as inaccuracy in the address, or
continual absence from home.
Those visited have been invited to come and see me on Wednesday afternoon
each week, and bring the baby to be weighed and examined, so that any signs of
deterioration may be detected early, and proper measures taken whenever possible
to prevent loss of health.
There is great difficulty in securing means for the prevention of deterioration
when this is due to underfeeding, especially of the mother. The records of some
naturally fed infants who have attended regularly to be weighed, show little
or no progress until some arrangement has been made to supply nourishment
(in the form of milk, dinners, or both) to the mother. During the time when this
nourishment is given, the child's weight and general condition has shown marked
improvement, which has not been maintained after the cessation of the supply
of nourishment, which, as a rule, lasts for not more than a month.