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In 1934 the Council paid the class fees and expenses in connection with the visits
to approved institutions of one of the health visitors who attended a refresher course
for health visitors.
Infant Life Protection.—The Council became responsible on the 1st April,
1933, for Infant Life Protection work in Woolwich, and forthwith appointed two
of their health visitors as Infant Life Protection Visitors (part-time), and in 1934
a third was so appointed. When evasion of the law is suspected the necessary
investigations are made by one of the male sanitary inspectors. The houses of all
new foster-mothers are inspected by the district sanitary inspectors, who furnish
in each case, a sanitary report.
At the end of 1933 there were 104 foster children and 76 foster mothers on the
Council's register and a year later the numbers were 93 and 68 respectively.
It is the custom to report on all homes where women indicate their desire to
become foster-mothers and in addition to the number of foster mothers shown above,
another 45 were either temporarily without nurse children or had been noted as
suitable persons.
These figures do not, however, tell the whole story, as 171 foster children were
added to the register and 182 foster children were removed during the year. The
following Table shows the ages of the children under supervision on the 31st December,
1934:—

The number of visits paid by the Infant Life Protection Visitors was 1,184.
The number of visits made by the male inspector, in connection with infringements
and kindred matters was 70, while the number of visits paid by the district sanitary
inspectors was 91. The number of, and nature of the various legal infringements
discovered during the year were as follows:—