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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, 1944 6
Number of children on register, December 31,
1944 6
Number of children who have died during the
year —
Number of children on whom inquests were
held —
Number of registrations withdrawn —
Number of prosecutions —
Number of visits paid by the Infant Life
Protection Visitor 178
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 arrangement,
and adoption societies have been requested to notify the
Superintendent Health Visitor, who is Infant Life Protection
Visitor, of any cases placed for adoption in the borough.
Number of persons who gave notice under Section
7 (3) during the year 9
Total number of children in respect of whom notice
was given 9
Number of such children under supervision at the
end of the year 5
National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to
Children
The Society does very valuable work in the Borough and
there is very close co-operation between the officials of the
Public Health Department and the officers of the Society.