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Care of Illegitimate Children (Circular 2866).
The number of cases sent to the moral welfare worker from
Tottenham was 107, 46 of these being referred directly from the
Maternity and Child Welfare Department.
Confinements in hospitals 31
Confinements at home 11
Sent to Maternity Homes 16
Sent to Hostels 16
Sent to mother and baby homes 5
Sent to Children's Homes 10
Sent to employment with child 1
Transferred 3
Waiting to go away for confinement 14
Total 107
Babies fostered 12
Babies who remained with the mother 31
Babies adopted 31
Babies stillborn 3
Child Life Protection.
The health visitors paid 68 visits as Infant Life Protection
Visitors during the year to 21 foster mothers in respect of 22 foster
children. The number remaining on the register at the end of the
year was 15 foster mothers in respect of 16 foster children, 7 under
5 years of age and 9 over 5 years of age.
Adoption of Children (Regulation) Act, 1939 (Section 7).
168 visits were paid by Health Visitors and 35 adoptions were
completed. Number under supervision at the end of the year, 11
children.
The care of children apart from their parents will, under the new
Children's Act, become the responsibility of a special children's
committee appointed by the Middlesex County Council.