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There are eight dinner centres in North Kensington where dinners are supplied to expectant
and nursing mothers. The council have considered it expedient that certain of these mothers should
receive free dinners in addition to free grants of milk. Seventy-two applications for free dinners
were granted ; 28 of these were new applications, and 44 were renewals. The total number of
dinners supplied was 2,730 and the cost was £84 19s. 4d.
In June, 1932, the council approved of a scheme whereby extra nourishment could be granted
by the public assistance authority through the council's maternity and child welfare service to
expectant and nursing mothers in receipt of out-door relief. The grants made at the expense of
the London county council during the year were as follows :—
6,072 pints of milk at a cost of £84 19s. 3|d.
38 packets of dried milk at a cost of £2 13s. lOd.
A scheme of co-operation between the county council and the borough council enables women
attending ante-natal clinics at the county council hospitals who are not in receipt of relief, but
who are in need of extra nourishment, to be assisted by grant of extra nourishment at the expense
of the borough council. Help given in this way is included in the total expenditure of the borough
council given above.
Home Helps.
One hundred and fifty-nine applications were received for the provision of home helps under
the council's scheme. The assistance requested was granted in 137 cases for a period of 14 days
each, in six cases for one month, in six cases for one week, two applicants cancelled their requests,
and eight applications were not granted by the sub-committee. The gross cost of the scheme to
the council during the year was £202 5s. Od.
Boarding-out Children.
The council have a scheme under which the children of women staying at home or going to
institutions for their confinements can be boarded-out with foster-mothers for a period of about
fourteen days. The council are the authority carrying out the work of child life protection, and the
child life protection visitor is a member of the staff of the public health department. This officer
visits the homes of all foster-mothers in the borough to see that the conditions, etc., are satisfactory,
and it is thus possible for the council to learn of good homes for children required to be boarded-out
During the year, 18 children were boarded-out at a cost of £22 10s. Od.
Travelling Expenses of Women Breast-feeding Infants Admitted to Hospitals.
Three applications were received for payment by the borough council of travelling expenses to
and from hospital of women who were breast-feeding infants admitted as in-patients to hospitals
for treatment. These were granted, and the total payments amounted to £1 9s. 4d.
Health Lecturer.
The council's health lecturer, who was appointed in 1926, has continued to carry out valuable
work in educating mothers in domestic and personal hygiene. In addition, she has lectured at many
women's and girls' clubs, etc., and from reports received her lectures appear to have been much
appreciated.