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their care, and 4 foster-mothers each had 2 children in their care.
19 new foster-mothers were registered during the year.
The Sanitary Inspectors have visited all the houses which
have been reported during the year as accommodating fosterchildren,
or where transfers have taken place. In ten houses
defects were found and the necessary repairs were carried out.
The following is a summary of the work carried out :—
Foster-Children.
Number of foster-children on register on 1st January, 1936 35
Number of foster-children who were notified during 1936 36
Number of foster-children returned to their mothers
during 1936 7
Number of foster-children taken off the register for various
other reasons during 1936 24
Number of foster-children qn the register on 31st December,
1936 40
Fostbr-Mothbrs.
Number of foster-mothers with children on the register on
1st January, 1936 32
Number of persons who became foster-mothers during
1936 19
Number of foster-mothers whose names were taken off
the register during 1936 15
Number of foster-mothers with children on the register
on the 31st December, 1936 36
Houses Visited by Sanitary Inspectors.
Number of houses visited by the Sanitary Inspectors for
the purpose of the Act during the year 1936 22
Number of visits made by the Sanitary Inspectors for the
purpose of the Act during the year 1936 49
Work of Health Visitors.
All live infants notified in the district, or transferred (601
during 1936) 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 an
average of two visits are paid annually. In addition, many infants
attending the welfare centres are seen more frequently by the
Health Visitors.