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" I strong urge upon the Committee the important of dealing with
this section of Maternity and Child Welfare. It is part of the work which
will repay itself very soon, even judged only from the material standpoint
of money. It is also a section of the work in which the human element
is above all necessary, and I do not think that the town can reasonably
expect to be successful without some help from interested ladies in the
matter. It is, however, for the Committee to decide, as a matter of policy,
whether the town itself should actually start the institution and bear all
the expense, making it, therefore, an officially conducted place with the
help of voluntary ladies, or alternatively, whether the institution should
be run by a voluntary body such as is now making application, with help
from the Council."

* For twelve years only.