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116
referred to the School Clinic, Brewer Street, to a private
practitioner, or to a hospital. During the year 36 were sent
to this clinic, and for each case the Council paid 5s.
Children referred there suffered from the following
conditions:—

The Work of the Health Visitors. No change has taken
place in the personnel during the year. There are eight health
visitors, two of whom hold the combined appointments of
sanitary inspector and health visitor. The extensive nature
of their work can be seen from a study of Table No. 69, which
shows in detail the number of visits paid by them during the
years 1925-1926. In addition to paying these visits, they
attend centres at which women and children come for medical
and hygienic advice, and arrangements have been made
whereby the health visitor is in attendance at the centres
serving the district in which she works. Their visits are
welcomed in the homes.
In 1926, the Council, with the approval of the Ministry
of Health, paid the class fees and expenses of two health
visitors attending a refresher course for health visitors. The
following Table, No. 69, shows the classification of visits paid
by the health visitors, and it will be noted that there is a
considerable increase in the number. There is much variation
in the type of visits paid from year to year according to
whether diseases are prevalent in epidemc form or not.
During these epidemic periods the health visitors discontinue
the re-visiting of births, except in urgent cases, and concentrate
on cases suffering from the epidemic disease.