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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

Richmond upon Thames 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]

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17
CARE OF ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN.
The appointment of a Social Welfare Worker continues to justify
itself both in the volume of work performed and in the widening scope
of its development.

Table: As to the volume of work, although the Social Welfare Worker is only employed in Richmond for one half of her time, during the year she paid the following visits: —

As to the volume of work, although the Social Welfare Worker is only employed in Richmond for one half of her time, during the year she paid the following visits: —

First visits69
Re-visits411
Miscellaneous visits233
Total713

Table: Arising out of these visits, the following arrangements were concluded: —On Behalf of Mothers : —

Arising out of these visits, the following arrangements were concluded: —

On Behalf of Mothers : —

Accommodation provided in : —
Ante and post-natal home4 cases
Post-natal home4 „
Maternity home12 „
Short-stay Shelter4 „
Residential employment found12 „
Affiliation Order obtained4 „
Voluntary allotment secured1 „
Returned to own home in Eire3 „

Table: On Behalf of Children : —

On Behalf of Children : —

Children placed apart from their mothers: —
By adoption3
In Church Homes2
With foster-mothers1
In residential nurseries1

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As to the scope of the work, cold statistics can give little idea of
the multifarious and time-consuming activities involved.