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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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18
CARE OF ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN.
The employment of a Social Welfare Officer to work in the
Boroughs of Richmond and Barnes continues to justify itself by the
volume and nature of the work performed.
The following is a record of the work carried out in Richmond
only:—
Number of cases brought to the notice of the Department during the year.
| (a) Through Local Authority Records, Clinics and Health Visitors | 31 |
| (b) By Nursing Homes, Hospitals, Police, Clergy, etc. | 21 |
| (c) By mothers themselves | 9 |
| 61 | |
| Number of cases visited for the first time during the year | 55 |
| Number of home visits and revisits to all known cases | 493 |
| Number of visits to employers, relatives, institutions, hostels, etc., in connection with cases | 302 |
| 850 |
Number of mothers:—
(a) admitted to:—
ante natal or post natal homes
long stay training homes
short stay shelters 17
special homes for confinements 18
(b) for whom:—
residential employment was found 15
non-residential employment was found 12
housing accommodation was found 1
arrangements were made for return to native land
Number of mothers concerned who were, at the end of the
year living:—