View report page

Voluntary Helpers.
Voluntary work has been a feature of the maternity and child
welfare activities in the district since the inception of the Scheme.
Ten public spirited ladies give their time and energy at the centres
in the interests of the mothers and children. These enthusiastic
workers have now added to their sphere of usefulness by cooperating
with the Health Visitors in the creation of a Samaritan
fund designed to assist the poorer mothers in the many ways which
are ever present and which are not covered by the official scheme.
Individual ingenuity and enthusiasm has already made a promising
start in raising funds for this purpose.
CHILD LIFE PROTECTION.
The Health Visitors are appointed Inspectors for the purposes
of the Child Life Protection provisions of the Public Health Act,
1936. Strict control is exercised over foster homes and the wellbeing
of the foster children carefully supervised.
The following summarises the work of administering these
statutory provisions
Number of registered foster homes with children at the
year end 33
Number of new homes registered during the year 19
Number of foster homes removed from the register during
the year 13
Total number of foster homes supervised 45
Number of children admitted to the register during the
year 77
Number of children removed from the register during the
year . 57
Total number of children on the register at year end 60
Total number of children on the register during the year 117
Number of children who died during the year 2
Number of inquests held
Number of visits made to foster homes 517
Legal proceedings
As mentioned on previous occasions, the factor which creates
our greatest difficulty and reacts most detrimentally on the infants'
50