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Mayfield Road Infant Welfare Centre.
Owing to the serious illness of Dr. J. W. Hunt, the Medical
Officer of this Centre, a special report other than the statistics
given on page 34 is unobtainable.
" John " Day Creche.
This creche is now co-ordinated with the Infant Welfare work
in the Borough, and the Council, towards the end of the year,
decided to make an annual grant of £100 towards its expenditure,
provided that a proper account of income and expenditure of the
creche be audited by a chartered accountant and presented annually
to the Council. The Board of Education also contributed towards
the cost of £112 for the financial year, April, 1918, to March, 1919.
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO MIDWIVES.
Arrangements were made under Section 77 of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891, for the provision of the services of
a doctor when medical assistance is required by a midwife for aid
in confinement of necessitous women, and the following scale of
fees were approved:—
1. Attendance at cases requiring operative assistance
and subsequent visits during the first ten days, £2 2s.
2. Attendance at cases without operative assistance and
subsequent necessary visits during the first ten days, £1 1s.
3. Any visit not covered by 1 or 2, including any
necessary prescription:—Day (8 a.m. to 8 p.m.), 3s. 6d. ;
Night (8 p.m. to 8 a.m.), 7s. 6d.
During the year, fees amounting to £23 16s. were paid.
THE FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT. 1901.
Factories.—During the year 249 factories were inspected by
the officers of the Public Health Department, 16 being factory