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The existing arrangements for the supply of milk in the Borough
are working satisfactorily. In conjunction with the Public Assistance
Committee, the Council's Milk Sub-Committee has formulated a scheme
whereby milk is supplied to appropriate cases even when such cases are
already in receipt of Poor Law Relief. This scheme obviates the undesirable
practice of an individual being granted a somewhat similar
form of relief by two different authorities.
The supply of milk under the Borough Council Scheme has undoubtedly
effected very marked improvement in the general health of both mothers
and children.
INSTITUTIONAL PROVISION FOR UNMARRIED MOTHERS,
ILLEGITIMATE INFANTS AND HOMELESS CHILDREN.
(a.) The Day Servants Hostel, 29-83, Danvers Street, Chelsea, provides
accommodation for 15 unmarried mothers and their infants. Cases
are not received until after birth of the child. Daily work is provided
by the Hostel and the mothers reside with their babies at night.
(b.) The Hostel for Discharged Woman Prisoners and Police Court
Cases, 497, King's Road, Chelsea, provides accommodation for 20 women
on discharge from prison or if found homeless. Unmarried mothers,
but not illegitimate infants, are received. An expectant mother is
retained until the confinement approaches. Arrangements are then made
for her admission to Hospital. If she is subsequently re-admitted
to the Hostel, the infant is settled with a foster mother.
(c.) St. Theresa's Shelter, 43, Smith Street, Chelsea, is a Rescue
Home which provides accommodation for nine girls. Cases are detained
for some weeks until some suitable employment can be found. In the
case of an expectant mother, arrangements are made for her transfer
to an appropriate Home or Institution elsewhere in the Metropolis.
Homeless children in general are cared for by the Public Assistance
Committee.
INSTITUTIONAL PROVISION FOR MENTAL DEFECTIVES-
The London County Council maintains for mentally defective children
a number of schools, some of which are residential. The County Council
also maintains institutions for the care and treatment of certified cases
of mental deficiency occurring in adults and children. The supervising
authority for cases of this nature, in England and Wales, is the
Board of Control, Carlton House, Tothill Street, S.W. 1., from whom a
complete list of approved institutions may be obtained.
AMBULANCE FACILITIES.
(a.) Infectious Cases.—Under the Public Health (London) Act,
persons in London suffering from certain notifiable diseases may be conveyed
without payment to a hospital of the London County Council.
The London County Council ambulances are also available, on payment,
for the conveyance of persons suffering from infectious disease to places
elsewhere in the metropolitan area.