[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough].

  • Lambeth (London, England)
Date:
[1938]
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    37 Child .Life Protection. In accordance with the Transfer of Powers (London) Order, 1933, the administration of the provisions of the Children and Young Persons Acts, 1908 to 1933, now consolidated in the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, was transferred to the Borough Council, and the summary of this work for the year ended the 31st December, 1937, now follows :— No. of Foster Mothers on Register 164 No. of Nurse Children on Register 224 No. of Visits and Re-Visits paid to Nurse Children 1,352 Year of Birth No. of Nurse Children No. of Visits 1937 26 106 1936 51 265 1935 48 247 1934 20 129 1933 17 131 1932 19 164 1931 9 66 1930 10 93 1929 13 114 1928 11 37 Totals 224 1,352 No. of Visits, including verifications and registering of homes 2,397 No. of Foster Mothers removed from Borough 9 No. of Nurse Children legally adopted by Foster Parents 2 No. of Nurse Children taken by National Children's Aid and Adoption Society with a view to adoption No. of Nurse Children who attained the age of 9 years 9 No. of Deaths — No. of Legal Proceedings taken 1 A prime condition for registration of a foster mother is that she shall attend regularly at her local Welfare Centre with the foster child. The attendance is now ICO per cent., which may be contrasted with the attendance of less than 25 per cent, before the Transfer of Powers Order was made.