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income after the deduction of rent did not exceed the amount
laid down in the following approved scale : —

Investigation was made in every case where a doubt existed
with regard to the information stated in the application, and in
two instances it was found necessary, after enquiries had been
made, to request the attendance of the applicants before the
Maternity and Child Welfare Committee to offer an explanation
of the conflicting information relating to domestic circumstances.
In both cases the Committee decided that the nature of the
irregularity did not warrant any steps being taken other than the
administration of a severe reprimand and the refund to the
Council of the cost of the milk supplied.
Nursing Arrangements. (See page 18.)
Peckham, Nunhead and District Day Nursery, 109, Gibbon Road.
The above-named Institution was temporarily closed at the
end of the year at the request of the Ministry of Health, and the
question of its re-opening remains in abeyance.
Homes for Unmarried Mothers.
The work in connection with the care of the unmarried
mother and her infant was continued to be carried out during the
year by the National British Women's Temperance Association
in their "House of Help," 201, Camberwell Grove, and by Miss
Tucker, of 47, King's Road, Peckham, the Rescue worker of the
Southwark Diocesan Association.