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No action was taken thereon, but at the Council meeting of October 27th,
three letters were submitted from the three branches of the Women's
Co-operative Guild calling attention to the views of the Board and suggesting
that something should be done by the local authority. This led to the renewed
consideration of the subject by the Sanitary Committee on November 4th, and
I was instructed to prepare a report thereon, which I presented to the
Commitee on December 2nd, but it was not considered until 6th January,
1915, when it was decided to defer a decision until January, 1916.
In the hope of securing unity of administration and preventing overlapping
the Society of Medical Officers of Health forwarded in May to the Chancellor
of the Exchequer and to the President of the Local Government Board the
following unanimous resolution: "That the Society of Medical Officers of
Health welcomes the proposals contained in the Budget statement for the
development of child welfare work, but is of opinion that this work should come
within the scope of the public health administration. As a great deal of such
work has already been done by a large number of public health authorities, the
Society is of opinion that with grants-in-aid very rapid developments in the
same direction will take place. Further, the Society desires to secure the
amalgamation of all health matters in one authority, administered by one Board,
and is of opinion that the administration of the grants should be by that
Board."