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Cautionary letters were sent in 28 cases. No action was taken in 4 cases and
there were no prosecutions. In 5 instances insanitary conditions were discovered,
in 5 instances there was overcrowding and in 7 instances verminous conditions
existed. 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.
All foster mothers are urged to attend the Council's welfare centres with the
children under five years of age in their charge, and it is pleasing to record, that,
with very few exceptions, every child of such age now regularly attends an infant
welfare centre. Special care is taken to see that children who are weak and ailing
attend the centres. During the year two nurse infants died—one from bronchitis
and one from enteritis.
The only institution in the Borough holding a certificate of exemption is the
Woolwich War Memorial Hospital.
The Work of the Welfare Centres.—These are eight in number and are all
municipal. Four are in buildings belonging to the Council and four are held in
church halls. Infant welfare sessions are held at all of them and ante-natal sessions
are held twice weekly at three of them and once a month at one other. At the end
of the year 6.25 ante-natal sessions and 21 infant consultation and weighing sessions
were being held each week.
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In tabular form below are shown detailed statistics for 1934 and the consolidated
statistics for the previous year:—