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Number of cases notified as ophthalmia neonatorum, nil.
Number of maternal deaths, nil.
Number of stillbirths, 3.
Number of infants' deaths within 10 days of birth, 1.
An ante-natal clinic is held every Monday and Friday at
the Home, and patients who have booked are expected to attend.
Infant Life Protection
The Superintendent Health Visitor has been appointed the
Infant Life Protection Visitor for this district.
Frequent visits during the year are paid to the homes of the
foster children.
A strict supervision is kept on these homes, and no cause was
found to remove any infant from the care of the foster mother
during the year.
The following are the number of foster mothers and children
on the register:—
Number of foster mothers on register, December
31, 1943 13
Number of children on register, December 31,
1943 14
Number of children who have died during the
year 1
Number of children on whom inquests were
held 1
Number of registrations withdrawn
Number of prosecutions
Number of visits paid by the Infant Life
Protection Visitor 232
Adoption of Children Act, 1939.
This Act came into force on June 1st, 1943. Numbers of
children are placed in homes in the Borough by the registered
adoption societies without any reference to the Local Welfare
Authority. In my opinion, this is a most unsatisfactory