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sible for each district is able to maintain this routine visiting of
infants and toddlers, in addition to the many special visits
required of her, viz.: visiting of expectant mothers, supervision
of foster-mothers under the Children and Young Persons Act,
1932, supervision of Home Helps, visits for the investigation of
infant deaths, stillbirths, puerperal fever and pyrexia cases, and
of all cases notified as suffering from ophthalmia and pemphigus
neonatorum. As a result of the keenness and close supervision
of the Health Visitors, and of the excellent clinic facilities under
the Council's Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme, a very large
number of children have had medical supervision and been provided
with required treatment for defects before attending school.
The Health Visitors are kept in touch with the advice given at
the Welfare Centres, so that thev may follow up special cases by
an extra home visit to see that the prescribed treatment is being
carried out.
Immediately a child enters the Infant Department of one of
the Council Schools, or is admitted to one of the Nursery Schools,
notes of the child's progress and development from infancy, also
of any illnesses from which he may have suffered, are sent to the
School Medical Department for reference by the school doctor
when the first school medical inspection takes place.

The figures under (a), (b), and (c) include all visits paid
to the homes by the Municipal Health Visitors, Plaistow Maternity
Hospital Nurses, and the Nurses employed by other Voluntary
Associations in the Borough.
† Special visits in regard to the supervision of Home Helps,
supervision of Foster-mothers registered under the Children and
Young Persons Act, 1932, and investigations into cases of puerperal
fever, ophthalmia and pemphigus neonatorum, are made by
the Municipal Health Visitors only.
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