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Health Visitor for general work. They also, in accordance with the practice of the
London County Council, decided that all legal enquiries in connection with this
work should be done by a male inspector, and they appointed one of their Inspectors—
Mr. Kersey—for this purpose.
When the Council took over on the 1st April there were 67 foster children in
the Borough and 46 foster mothers. On the 31st December there were 104 foster
children and 76 foster mothers. These figures do not, however, tell the whole story,
as 142 foster children were added to the register and 105 foster children were removed.
The following Table shows the ages of the children under supervision on the 31st
December:—

The number of visits paid by the Infant Life Protection Visitors was 421, and
the number paid by the male Inspector was 187. Of his visits, 80 were made for
the purpose of ascertaining the sanitary conditions of premises and 107 were made
in connection with infringements, fixing the number of children, etc. The number
of, and nature of the various legal infringements discovered during the year was
as follows:—

Cautionary letters were sent in 32 cases. No action was taken in 8 cases and
there were no prosecutions. In 7 instances insanitary conditions were discovered
and in 1 instance there was overcrowding. In all cases appropriate action was
taken to secure the abatement of the nuisances. Nurse infants who are kept under
unsatisfactory conditions may be removed to a place of safety, but it was not necessary
to remove any such during the year.