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(c) That such service and any premises in which it is carried
on are open to inspection at all reasonable times by any
officer of the Council duly authorised by the Council and
by any officer of the Ministry appointed for that purpose
by the Minister.
(d) That the Association sends to the Council each year a
copy of its annual report on its Maternity and Child Welfare
work for the previous year, together with a statement of
accounts for that year relating to such work, and a copy
of the Auditor's certificate thereon, and also furnishes the
Council from time to time with such other information
relating to the Maternity and Child Welfare service provided
by the Association and the expenditure thereon as the
Council may reasonably require.
It is further provided that the Council shall not, except with the
;onsent of the Minister, terminate or make any reduction in the
mnual contribution payable to an Association in respect of any
:ervice on the ground that any of the foregoing conditions are not'
fulfilled in the case of that service.
In several instances supplementary grants have since been
ipproved by the Council increasing the block grants to provide
idditional facilities.
The Maternity Home
The Council's Maternity Home, at 210 Knight's Hill, has mainained
its successful career during the year, and 446 cases were
idmitted to the Home—a decrease of 12 below the previous year's
otal. Since its inception in 1926, 3,787 women have been admitted
:o the Home, with only two fatalities, which is a striking tribute
)oth to the Home and to the value of the ante-natal work carried
>ut at the voluntary welfare centres.