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(APPENDIX.)
REPORT ON INFANT WELFARE WORK DURING THE YEAR
1917.
Public Health Department,
Town Hall, Hackney, E. 8.
11th March, 1918.
To the Chairman and Members of the
Public Health Committee.
Gentlemen,
I beg herewith to report on the Infant Welfare work accomplished
in the Borough during the year 1917.
The Committee will remember that Infant Welfare work really
began when the Welfare Centres were established in the Borough—
two opening in the first week in January and another in May—
and a sufficient staff of Health Visitors were appointed to work
these Centres, and especially to make home visitations in order
to advise where advice is required and acceptable.
This report naturally consists of two parts—1. Administrative;
2. Medical.
I. Administrative.
This may be further considered under the following heads;
(a) Infant Centres; (b) Home Visitation; (c) Nursing and
Treatment of Disease.
Infant Centres.
By the Notification of Births Act, 1907, all births are required
to be notified to the Medical Officer of Health within six hours
of their occurrence, by the father of the child, if he is actually
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