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over by the Council, and a scheme for the administration of the Acts
has been arranged. The Health Visitors investigate and exercise
supervision over children under school age, while the Woman Sanitary
Inspector carries out these duties in the case of older children, except
where a Health Visitor is already in attendance on the family concerned.
No case for enquiry under the Acts has yet occurred in the Borough.
SUMMARY OF ARRANGEMENTS REGARDING MATERNITY
AND CHILD WELFARE.
The Borough Council's scheme for Maternity and Child Welfare includes
the following activities:—
(a.) The issue of pamphlets giving advice on various matters
concerning the welfare of mothers and infants.
(b.) The co-ordination of the work of the voluntary Maternity
and Child Welfare agencies in the Borough.
(c.) The home visitation of expectant and nursing mothers and
infants by a staff of Health Visitors who work (a.) from the Town
Hall, and (b.) from the Centres of the Chelsea Health Society.
(d.) The subsidisation of the Chelsea Health Society's Maternity
and Child Welfare Centres and Clinics for mothers, infants and young
children.
(e.) The subsidisation of the local branch of the Invalid Children's
Aid Association.
(f.) The subsidisation of the voluntary Day Nursery in the
Borough.
(g.) The subsidisation of the Chelsea District Nursing Association
for the home nursing of expectant and nursing mothers and young
children.
(h.) The provision of Home Helps.
(i.) The provision of midwifery attendance, free or at reduced
rates, for necessitous Chelsea women.
(j.) The provision of Convalescent Home accommodation for
nursing mothers and infants.
(k.) The supply of milk free or at reduced rates, for necessitous
nursing and expectant mothers, infants and young children.
(l.) The administration of the Widows', Orphans' and Old Age
Contributory Pensions Acts, 1925 and 1929, in respect of deserted,
abandoned or neglected children.