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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Southall 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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Table VII
Summary of Health Visiting Work for the First Six Months of Year 1948
| Visits to infants— | |
| First visits | 496 |
| Revisits | 1,603 |
| Visits to children— | |
| First visits | 36 |
| Revisits | 2,466 |
| Visits to expectant mothers | 579 |
| Visits for infectious disease | 539 |
| *Visits to schools | 9 |
| Child Life Protection visits | 111 |
| Miscellaneous visits | 404 |
| Removals | 127 |
| No access | 937 |
| 49 | |
| Total | 7,356 |
* At these visits 125 children were examined.
Table VIII
| (1) Number of foster parents on register— | |
| 21 | |
| 18 | |
| (2) Number of foster parents receiving foster children— | |
| (a) At the beginning of the year | 20 |
| 17 | |
| (3) Number of children on the register— | |
| (a) At the beginning of the year | 15 |
| (b) At the end of the period | 18 |
| (4) Number of children received by foster parents during the year | 32 |
| (5) Number of foster children— | |
| (a) Reached the age of 9 during the year | 2 |
| (b) Removed during the year to different foster parents or to children's societies | 6 |
| (c) Adopted | 2 |
| (d) Returned to parents | l6 |
| (e) Removed at request of the Medical Officer of Health. | 1 |
| (f) Evacuated with foster mother | - |
| — | |
| — | |
| (6) Total number of visits made during the year | 213 |
| (7) Number of cases in which court proceedings were taken | — |
All foster children, as soon as reasonably possible after arrival, were subjected to a
medical examination by the Medical Officer of Health, or by the Medical Officers at the
Infant Welfare Centres.
Adoption of Children (Regulation) Act, 1939
| (a) Number of persons who gave notice under Sec. 7 (3) during the period | 12 |
| (b) Number of children in respect of whom notice was given | 12 |
| (c) (1) Number of children under supervision at end of period | 6 |
| (2) Number who died | — |
| (3) Number on whom inquests were held | — |
| (d) Proceedings taken during the year | — |