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Table 34.—Laboratory Facilities.
Specimens examined during the year were as follows:—
Sputa 23
Swabs—Throat 161
,, —Nose 90
„ —Ear 3
Blood—Urea 3
,, —Wasserman 1
„ —Widal 2
,, —Culture 2
,, —Counts 6
Cerebro-spinal fluid 4
Faeces 97
Urine 8
Total 400
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
Table 35.—Home-Visiting.
A summary of the work performed by the three Health Visitors
during the year is given below:—
Visits to expectant mothers 759
First visits to newly-born infants 1,131
Revisits to infants under 1 year 2,262
Visits to children aged 1 to 5 years 2,140
Still-birth inquiries 24
Special visits to cases of measles 263
,, ,, ,, ,, ,, whooping cough 88
,, ,, ,, ,, ,, pneumonia 15
Visits to foster children 49
Visits in connection with infectious diseases other
than those above specified 1,295
Total visits 8,026
Table 36.—Social Welfare Worker. Care of Unmarried
Mothers and their Children.
Number of cases brought to the notice of the department during the year:—
through local authority records, clinics, health visitors 40
by nursing homes, hospitals, police, clergy, etc. 13
by mothers themselves 8
Total 61
Number of cases visited for the first time during the year 61
,, ,, home-visits and revisits to all known cases 533
,, ,, visits to employers, relatives, institutions, hostels, etc. in
connection with cases 341