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Maternity, Home Help, Milk and Dental
Scheme, Wartime Nurseries, etc 312
Unsuccessful 392
835
Total visits, 1941 3508
Total visits, 1940 2713
Attendances at clinic sessions.
Maternity and Child Welfare Centres 234
Ante-natal and Post-natal Clinics 206,
Total attendances, 1941 240
Total attendances, 1940 305
Interviews at office 264
CHILD LIFE PROTECTION.
The Health Visitors are the authorised Child Life Protection
Visitors for the Borough.
Number of persons who were receiving children for
reward at the end of the year 8
Number of children on the register at the end of the year 20
Number of children who died during the year Nil
During the year 87 visits were paid to the homes of the children.
No proceedings were taken under the Act during the year.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
WATER SUPPLIES.
During the year 241 samples of water were submitted for
bacteriological examination in the Council's laboratory.
Samples were taken as follows:—
Main Water Supply (Sutton Well and Woodmansterne
Well) (An average per month of 16 samples) 190
Private wells 46
Other waters 5
The main water supply continues to be satisfactory both in
quantity and in bacteriological purity.
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