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Maternity and Child Welfare.
(a) In order to provide for more frequent visits to the homes
of children between the ages of one and five, the Borough has been
divided into eight units instead of seven as at present, and the
Council have decided to appoint an additonal Health Visitor. The
question of additional infant welfare sessions has been considered,
but the Council have not come to any definite decision on this
point at the moment, and the consideration of the subject has been
deferred.
(b) Following consideration of a return relating to the salaries
paid to the Health Visitors in each of the Metropolitan Boroughs,
the Council have raised the Scale hitherto in operation in this
Borough.
(c) The question of the provision of an isolation room at the
Council's Maternity Home has had consideration, and the Council
have decided to make this provision, and particulars of this proposal
are being submitted to the Ministry under a separate communication.
(d) The Committee of the Sydenham Infant Welfare Centre are
proposing to effect a re-arrangement of the existing accommodation,
and it is understood that plans of the proposed alterations have been
submitted to and approved by the Ministry.
Tuberculosis.
(a) This Council concur with the views of the Ministry that
more visits should be paid to tuberculous patients, but they do not
agree that the provision of additional clerical assistance would solve
the problem, as the clerical work carried out by the Health Visitors
occupies only a small proportion of their time. The only alternative,
therefore, appeared to be the appointment of an additional Health
Visitor, and this the Council have resolved upon. They have also
decided to appoint an additional female clerk in connection with the
Care Committee work of the Dispensary.
(b) With regard to the observations as to the limited use made
of X-ray examinations the Council have resolved that for the future
a more extended use of X-ray examinations should be made in