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In April, 1937, the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee reconsidered
the Scheme for the provision of Home Helps which had
been in operation since April, 1934, with a view to making this valuable
service more available to the poorer members of the public, and
resolved that, for a period of twelve months, the scale of charges should
be varied as follows:—
(a) Where income of applicant is in the "Free Milk" Scale; no
charge to be made instead of previous charge of 1/- per day.
(b) Where income of applicant is in the "Assisted Milk" Scale
a charge of from 10/- to 14/- for 14 days to be made according
to means, instead of 2/- a day.
(c) Where income of applicant is above the "Assisted Milk" Scale,
instead of a charge of from 3/- to 5/- per day being made
according to circumstances at the discretion of the Assistance
Sub-Committee, the amount to be assessed in each case
according to circumstances.
At the close of the year there were 12 Home Helps on the panel,
and applicants were assessed to pay the whole or a portion of the cost
of the Home Helps, according to their means. During the year 19
mothers availed themselves of this facility, being assessed to contribute
at charges varying from 6d. to 5s. 0d. a day, and in two cases no
charge whatever was made.
Maternity Outfits.
Sterilised maternity outfits are supplied to maternity patients in
the Borough—the applicants being assessed by the Assistance SubCommittee
to contribute towards the cost of the outfits according to
their means. Two types of outfits are issued, one containing the
minimum contents and the other a somewhat fuller outfit. Under this
arrangement 106 outfits were supplied during 1937.
In 29 instances the full price was paid for the 5s. 6d. outfit.
„ 62 „ „ „ 3s. 8d. „
„ 15 „ the applicants were assessed to contribute
towards the cost of the 3s. 8d. outfit, the
charges varying from 1s. to 2s. 6d.
„ no instance was the 3s. 8d. outfit supplied free of charge.