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The foregoing examples show that the Council's grants,
made after careful Consideration by the Maternity Sub-Committee, have been wisely given to the babies and mothers of
families, usually in very straitened circumstances. Certain it is,
that these grants of the Borough Council have been of the
greatest possible value to Finsbury mothers, and have saved
many infant lives.
Hospital Treatment.—The Borough Council entered into
an agreement with the governing body of the Infants' Hospital,
Vincent Square, Westminster, S.W.1, for the retention of two
cots for use when required for the reception and treatment of
ailing Finsbury children up to the age of 5 years. The Borough
Council pays £50 per annum retaining fee, and £2 per week per
cot when occupied, by cases sent in under the agreement. The
agreement came into force on the 1st October, 1923, since which
date the cots have been more or less continuously filled by ailing
Finsbury babies—chiefly premature or wasting children. This
accommodation has proved to be of very great value to the
Borough.
Rest Homes for Mothers.—The work carried on by Miss
Pettiward, a voluntary worker, at 162, Lever Street, is specially
in connection with the sending away of suitable women through
voluntary organisations which provide holidays for convalescent
and overworked mothers. The number dealt with during 1923
was 24 in connection with the Lever Street Centre, and 3 who
attended the Old Sessions House Centre.