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CARE OF THE UNMARRIED MOTHER.
The Croydon Association for Moral Welfare continued to act
for the Corporation and received payment on a capitation basis
for cases dealt with by their Social Worker. The Corporation
also paid hostel fees in respect of approved cases for whom such
accommodation was required.
During the year under review—
159 cases were dealt with by the Social Worker;
20 cases were admitted to Hostels;
8 cases were temporarily accommodated at Glazier
House (the Croydon Home of the Moral Welfare
Association).
The Committee agreed to meet financial responsibility for a
stay of an unmarried mother in a Mother and Baby Home for a
period of three months except for girls up to 18 years of age, for
whom the period would be extended to cover a total of six months.
These younger mothers would normally go to Homes specialising
in their care.
Of the seven infant deaths of illegitimate babies in 1953, only
one child was born under such arrangements, the cause of death
being severe congenital malformation.
INFANT WELFARE CENTRES
Their work continued without any major changes. At New
\ddington, the former day nursery premises were adapted for use
as an Infant Welfare and Ante-Natal Clinic, to give much needed
extra accommodation on this growing estate.
Welfare Clinics offered facilities for immunisation against
diphtheria and vaccination against smallpox at all sessions.
Ministry of Food Welfare Foods were also available at all Clinics.