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Foster-Mothers.
Number of foster-mothers with children on the register
on the 1st January, 1940 22
Number of persons who became foster-mothers during
1940 19
Number of foster-mothers whose names were taken off
the register during 1940 18
Number of foster-mothers with children on the register on
the 31st December, 1940 23
Houses Visited by Sanitary Inspectors.
Number of houses visited by the Sanitary Inspectors for
the purpose of the Act during 1940 16
Number of visits made by the Sanitary Inspectors for the
purpose of the Act during 1940 30
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 1940 as far as the Maternity and Child Welfare work is concerned:—
First visits to newly-born infants 2,071
Subsequent visits to children under one year of age 8,129
Subsequent visits to children over 1 year of age and under 5 17,016
Visits to expectant mothers 427
Home visits for other reasons 5,287
Total visits paid 32,930
Supply of Milk to Expectant and Nursing Mothers and for Infants.
A total of 13,954 quarts of liquid milk and 1,889 lbs. of dried milk were
given free under the Regulations of the Ministry of Health during 1940, to
40 nursing mothers, 23 expectant mothers and 473 infants. Since July, 1940,
the supply of liquid milk by the Council has been suspended as this is now
provided under the National Milk Scheme. The Council are continuing to
provide dried milk to necessitous cases.
Infant Welfare Centres.
73 voluntary lady helpers were engaged in the work at the Infant
Welfare Centres at the end of December, 1940.
During the year the following attendances were recorded:—
Total number of attendances of infants 29,719
First attendances 2,032
Total number of children on roll, December
31st, after omission of all those who had
not attended for six months 2,843
11,565 attendances of children from 1 to 5 years were made at the
Infant Welfare Centres during the year.