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Foster-Mothers.
Number of foster-mothers with children on the register
on 1st January, 1939 47
Number of persons who became foster-mothers during
1939 15
Number of foster-mothers whose names were taken off
the register during 1939 40
Number of foster-mothers with children on the register on
the 31st December, 1939 22
Houses Visited by Sanitary Inspectors.
Number of houses visited by the Sanitary Inspectors for
the purpose of the Act during 1939 26
Number of visits made by the Sanitary Inspectors for the
purpose of the Act during 1939 99
Work of Health Visitors.
The Ilford area is normally divided into 13 districts, one nurse carrying
out all home visits both for Maternity and Child Welfare work and School
Medical Service work in each area, but owing to the difficulty in obtaining the
staff, the number of districts has been reduced to 12.
The following is a summary of the home visits made by the Health Visitors
during 1939 as far as the Maternity and Child Welfare work is concerned :—
First visits to newly-born infants 2,822
Subsequent visits to children under 1 year of age 11,465
Subsequent visits to children over 1 year of age and under 5 24,978
Visits to expectant mothers 408
Home visits for other reasons 2,394
Total visits paid 42,067
Supply of Milk to Expectant and Nursing Mothers and for Infants.
A total of 28,204 quarts of cows' milk and 2,056 lbs. of dried milk were
given free under the Regulations of the Ministry of Health during 1939, to
102 nursing mothers, 37 expectant mothers and 554 infants.
Infant Welfare Centres.
77 voluntary lady helpers were engaged in the work at the Infant
Welfare Centres at the end of December, 1939.
During the year the following attendances were recorded :—
Total number of attendances of infants 43,326
First attendances 2,115
Total number of children on roll, December
31st, after omission of all those who had
not attended for six months 2,859
18,021 attendances of children from 1 to 5 years were made at the
Infant Welfare Centres during the year.