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MILK AND OTHER FOODS, ETC
During the year, 47 applications for assisted supplies
of dried milk and other foods were granted in necessitous cases
and supplied free of charge. The total cost of goods supplied
was £29.13s.1d.
CHILD LIFE PROTECTION
There were a few instances where foster mothers failed
to send proper notice of reception or removal of a foster child.
All the Health Visitors are appointed Child Life
Protection Visitors and each visitor is responsible for carrying
out the supervision of the foster homes in her own district.
The number of visits paid to foster children during the year
was 490.
Details of authorisation during 1946 were:-
Individual
Foster
Mothers
Persons in charge
of Residential
Nurseries &c.run
for profit
Total
No.of persons who were
receiving children under nine
for reward apart from their
parents at the end of the
year.
30
2
32
No.of children on register
at the end of the year
25
18
43
No. of children who died
during the year
-
-
-
Proceedings taken during
the year
-
-
-
CARE OF PREMATURE BABIES
Special cots for the care of premature babies are kept
at the Hollies Ambulance Depot and are available in an emergency
day or night. During 1946, twelve calls were received for these
cots.
ADOPTION OF CHILDREN (REGULATION) ACT, 1939
General supervision in cases of adoption was carried
out in accordance with the Act. The number of visits paid by .
Health Visitors for the purposes of supervision was 164.
No. of persons who gave notice under
Section VII (3) during the year 20
Total no. of children in respect of whom
notice was given under Section VII (3)
during the year 33
No. of children notified under Section VII (3)
(l) under supervision at the end of the year 21
(2) who died during the year Nil
(3) on whom inquests were held during the year Nil
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