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CHILDREN ACT (PART I), 1908.
The work in connection with Infant Life Protection has continued
during the year along the lines laid down on its transfer to
the Local Authority in 1930.
Particulars of the Law relating to this work are made known
by notices in the local press from time to time, and information is
also supplied at the Council's Maternity and Child Welfare Centres,
and Public Health Department. All the Health Visitors are fully
aware of the requirements of the Law, and they promptly investigate
and report on such cases as come to their knowledge by verbal
reports.
No prospective foster-mother is registered until she has supplied
full details of her circumstances, etc., and the Visitor has
submitted a satisfactory report on the condition of the home.
The Health Visitors paid 419 visits in connection with this
work during the year, and many of the foster-children were brought
regularly to the Maternity and Child Welfare Centres.
One foster child, aged 2 years 4 months, died of Diphtheria in
the early part of the year. The death took place in Mogden Isolation
Hospital.
When a foster-child removes to an address outside the area^
full details are sent immediately to the appropriate Authority; and
any foster-child arriving in this area, whether it is reported to have
come to its parents or not, is visited to see that all is satisfactory.
The interviewing of foster-mothers and other callers with regard
to their difficulties and the requirements of the Law, and other
matters in regard to Infant Protection, involves an amount of time
which is out of all proportion to what would appear to be the total
amount of work done.