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Many visits and much patience are generally necessary before any
satisfactory results are obtained."
55. The following is Miss FitzGerald's Report:—
Summary of Inspections.
Visits to houses after notification of Births 2397
Re-visits 409
Visits after infant deaths 91
Visits to houses re zymotic enteritis 78
Re-visits 15
Visits to houses re phthisis 19
Visits to Depot-fed infants 638
Special visits 43
Reported to District Inspectors—
Structural defects 4
Other „ 7
Dirty interior walls 3
Overcrowding 3
Accumulation of refuse 1
“All births registered in Woolwich Parish are visited, except
those occurring in the better-class homes ; and as many in the
poorer districts of Plumstead and Eltham as time will permit. It
is not possible to visit all the births in Plumstead and Eltham
which should be visited, as so much time must necessarily be
spent on Depot-fed infants. These have, as a rule, to be visited
before the Depot milk is supplied, in order that the age and
condition of the child may be ascertained, and the proper use of
the milk explained to the mother. It is also necessary, in cases
where no doctor's certificate is received, to make sure that the
case is a fit one for the Depôt; no child is admitted to the Depot
whose mother is able to feed it at the breast. Applications for
the milk are sometimes received from mothers who imagine their
milk is inadequate either in quality or quantity for their infants :