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The Work of the Health Visitors in the Homes of the
Borough.
The work of the Health Visitors includes the following :—
1. Visiting homes under the Notification of Births Act.
2. Home visiting of children up to 5 years of age.
3. Home visiting of pre-school children in regard to
defects.
4. Home visiting of foster children.
5. Visiting Home Helps.
6. Home visiting in connection with Ante-natal Clinic
and expectant mothers.
7. Ante-natal clinic for expectant mothers.
8. Infant Welfare Clinics for children up to 5 years of
age.
9. Special visiting of :—
(a) Still Births.
(b) Ophthalmia Neonatorum
(c) Puerperal Fever and
Pyrexia.
(d) Visits to tonsils and
adenoid cases.
(e) Pneumonia.
(f) Infantile Diarrhoea.
(g) Other special visits.
Still Births.
The number of still births registered during the year was 68.
The proportion of still births to live births was as 1 to 28. The
still birth rate was 3.4 per cent. of the registered live births.
On investigation into 49 of these still births it was found
that the month of pregnancy at which the still births took place
were as follows:—
7th month 7
8th month 9
9th month 33
An analysis of the causes to which the still births were
attributable will be found in the following table :—
Malpresentation 2
Prolonged labour 3
Hydrocephalus 1
Contracted Pelvis 1
Placenta Prævia 1