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support herself and her husband on the sorry pittance paid for
home-sewing and on the beggarly doles received from mothers as
poor as herself—mothers who also had to go out to work, leaving
their children in her care, until their return later in the day.
As the children were only received during the daytime, notice
to the local authority was not necessary.
Institutions of this kind, therefore, unless there is reason to
believe that cruelty or neglect has occurred, are free from
municipal supervision and do not, at present, fall within the scope
of preventive administration.
It is obvious, too, that public health sanctions do not, in effect,
closely apply to such cases as these; the true prevention, as has
already been indicated, lies in the readjustment of the industrial
and economic conditions which have transferred the burden of
supporting the family from the father on to the mother.
Dinners for poor nursing and expectant mothers.—
These may be obtained at 26, Cumming Street and the Home of
Service, 36, King Square.
The Cumming Street dining room was established by the
League of Service in 1910. It provides a nourishing and
attractive dinner for twopence, a payment which barely covers
the cost of the food alone.
About 35 Finsbury mothers are fed daily.
There are knitting and sewing classes in connections with this
centre.
The Home of Service was founded by the League of Liberal
Christianity and provides dinners for nursing mothers at twopence
each. It has a boot and clothing fund, and a milk fund for
providing milk for sick children.
Medical, Nursing and Maternity Institutions and
Associations.
1. The Finsbury Dispensary, Brewer Street, has a Resident
Medical Officer, Dr. Warwick, who visits patients daily
at their own homes.