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Association, in respect of which the contribution is payable,
and that such service is being used by a reasonable number
of those persons for whom it is provided.
(b) That no reduction or alteration of such service is made
without the consent of the Council.
(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
consent of the Minister, terminate or make any reduction in the
annual contribution payable to an Association in respect of any
service 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
approved by the Council increasing the block grants to provide
additional facilities.
The Maternity Home
The Council's Maternity Home, at 210 Knight's Hill, has maintained
its successful career during the year, and 413 cases were
admitted to the Home—a decrease of 9 below the previous year's
total. Since its inception in 1926, 4,622 women have been admitted
to the Home, with only three fatalities, which is a striking tribute
both to the Home and to the value of the ante-natal work carried
out at the voluntary welfare centres.