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The scheme works simply. The applicant who states the circumstances
and financial position, verified later through the employer,
is visited by the woman officer in charge who ascertains by personal
inspection the hours of work required to cover the need. A domestic
help is then introduced and both applicant and help sign the time
sheet of hours worked during the week. W here possible applicants
are accommodated the day the}' apply. The domestic helps, all
of whom are part-time, are paid by the Council, either at the Town
Hall or by post, while the applicant is covered according to the
London scale and pays weekly the sum agreed to the officer when
she calls for the time sheet.
Dentures for Expectant and Nursing Mothers.
17 (20) applications were received and dentures provided for 16—
cost to Council, £49 15s. Od.
Sterile Maternity Outfits.
Nil (Nil).
Obstetric and Gynaecological Consultants.
Nil (2 calls).
Obstetric Unit for Blood Transfusion.
Nil (3 calls).
Free Provision of Insulin.
Insulin was provided free by the Council under §227, Public
Health (London) Act, 1936, to fortv -seven persons at a total cost of
£188 4s. 5d.
Convalescent Home Accommodation.
The Byfleet Convalescent Home for toddlers closed on May 28,
1945, having treated 49 Lambeth children between 2 and 5 years
of age since the first child was admitted on November 27, 1942.
The Council undertook to maintain two beds at first, but owing to
the demand this number was doubled six months later in April,
1943.
As in most institutions for children, quarantine for various
infectious diseases imposed a limit to the acceptance of new cases