[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon].

  • Hendon (London, England). Municipal Borough.
Date:
[1937?]
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    30 INFANT LIFE PROTECTION. The scheme for the supervision of foster children con tinues to work satisfactorily and no modification has been found necessary. The following Table gives the position at the end of the year:— TABLE XI. Number of children on the Register:— (i) at the end of the year 179 (ii) who died during the year 4 (iii) on whom inquests were held during the year 1 Proceedings were taken during the year and an Order from a Court of Summary Jurisdiction was obtained under Section 67 of the Act of 1932 for the removal of a child to a place of safety. NUTRITION. Milk, as heretofore, was provided for expectant and nursing mothers and children under five years of age where the circumstances of the family were necessitous and came within the provisions of the Council's Economic Scale. The amount provided was 8,783 gallons liquid milk and 903 lbs. dried milk. HOSPITAL PROVISION. There is no change in the Hospital provision outlined in last year's Report. HOME VISITATION. The following table shows particulars of the visits of health visitors to the homes of mothers and children under 5 years of age and the method of feeding; as far as possible all mothers are encouraged to breast feed children up to the age of six months after which the child is gradually weaned,