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109
Foster-Mothers.
Number of foster-mothers with children on books on 1st
January, 1935 38
Number of persons who became foster-mothers during
1935 13
Number of foster-mothers whose names were taken off
records during 1935 19
Number of foster-mothers with children on records on the
31st December, 1935 32
Houses Visited by Sanitary Inspectors.
Number of houses visited by the Sanitary Inspectors for
the purpose of the Act during the year 1935 14
Number of visits made by the Sanitary Inspectors for the
purpose of the Act during the year 1935 28
Work of Health Visitors.
All live infants notified in the district, or transferred (584
during 1935) 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 ages 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.
24,965 attendances of children from 1 to 5 years were made
at the Welfare Centres in 1935. The congestion at the Centres
does not enable sufficient time to be given to the toddler.
The Ilford area is divided into 12 districts, one nurse carrying
out all the home visits both for Maternity and Child Welfare work
and School Medical Service work in each area.
The following is a summary of the visits paid by the Health
Visitors during 1935 as far as the Maternity and Child Welfare
work is concerned:—
First visits to newly-born infants 2,661
Subsequent visits to children under 1 year of age 5,841
Subsequent visits to children over 1 year of age and under 5 13,219
Visits to expectant mothers 290
Home visits for other reasons 2,056
Total visits paid 24,067