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The following is a summary of the work carrier! out : —
Foster- Children .
Number of foster-children on books on 1st January, 1931 39
Number of foster-children who were notified to me during
1931 30
Number of foster-children returned to their mothers
during 1931 9
Number of foster-children taken off the records for
various other reasons during 1931 26
Number of foster-children on records on 31st December,
1931 34
Poster-Mothers .
Number of foster-mothers with children on records on
1st January, 1931 29
Number of persons who became foster-mothers during
1931 19
Number of foster-mothers whose names were taken off
records during 1931 20
Number of foster-mothers with children on records on the
31st December, 1931 28
Houses Visited by Sanitary Inspectors.
Number of houses visited by the Sanitary Inspectors for
the purpose of the Act during the year 1931 24
Number of visits made by the Sanitary Inspectors for the
purpose of the Act during the year 1931 44
Woke of Health Visitors.
All live infants notified in the district, or transferred (410
during 1931) from other areas, are visited by the Health Visitors
within the first month of life, and afterwards three times during
the first year of life. Between the age of one and five years visits
are paid twice or three times a year. In addition, many infants
attending the welfare centres are seen more frequently by the
Health Visitors.
19,058 attendances of children from 1 to 5 years were made
at the Welfare Centres in 1931. The congestion at the Centres
does not enable sufficient time to be given to the toddler.
The Ilford area is divided into nine districts, one nurse
carrying out all the home visits both for Maternity and Child
Welfare work and School Medical Service work in each area.