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Details relating to expenditure incurred are given below:—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Cost of Milk at Full Price 737 15 0 (935 11 8)
Cost of Milk at Half Price 6 3 10 (6 15 9)
Cost of Dried Milk at Full Price 615 0 0 (692 0 0)
Cost of Dried Milk at Half Price 7 0 0 (21 0 0)
Cost of Dinners 7 11 3 (12 1 3)
£1,373 10 1 (£1,667 8 8)
The reception into the Borough of a large number of migratory necessitous families, referred to
in last year's Report, would appear to persist.
Three hundred and seventy-one (371) families hitherto unknown to the Department applied for
grants during the year. One hundred and forty-one (141) (38 per cent.) had been resident less than
six months and, including that figure, 200 (54 per cent.) less than one year.
INVALID CHILDREN'S AID ASSOCIATION.
A grant of £10 in aid of the funds of the local branch of the Invalid Children's Aid Association
was made.
CONVALESCENCE.
No cases of nursing mothers with babies were referred for convalescence.
In 45 instances the Council made grants towards the cost of children convalesced by the Invalid
Children's Aid Association, the total amount for the year being £83 1s. 10d.
MATERNAL MORTALITY.
During the year six maternal deaths were enquired into by Dr. E. Dorothy Fenwick, the Council's
medical investigator, and reports thereon forwarded to the Ministry of Health. Particulars of four
other deaths on which inquests had been held were also transmitted to the Ministry.
INFANT LIFE PROTECTION.
In pursuance of the Transfer of Powers (London) Order, 1933, the duties of the London County
Council in connection with infant life protection were transferred to the Borough Council as from the
1st April, 1933. These duties are laid down in Part I of the Children Act, 1908, as amended by
Part V of the Children and Young Persons Act, 1932, and relate to:—
(а) Reception of notices given by persons who undertake for reward the nursing and
maintenance in a dwelling of infants;
(b) Inspection of premises by Infant Protection Visitors, or other persons appointed by
the Council for that purpose;
(c) Fixing the number of infants to be kept in a dwelling in which any infant is received
for reward.
(d) Application to a Court or Justice for an Order directing the removal of an infant to a
place of safety.
Miss M. E. Lockington continued to act as Infant Protection Visitor.
One of the Health Visitors is appointed by the Council to act as Infant Protection Visitor during
the absence from duty of Miss Lockington whilst on vacation or sick leave, and the Medical Officer
of Health and two of the Sanitary Inspectors are also authorised to exercise the powers and duties
of Infant Protection Visitors for special purposes.
During the year 1934, 2,325 visits and inspections were made, 48 new registrations of fostermothers
were recorded, 122 new infants were received, and 101 infants were removed—21 to hospital
and 80 elsewhere. Six deaths were reported, 3 of which occurred in hospital.
At the close of the year, the Register contained the names of 91 persons who were receiving
children for reward. These persons had charge of 125 children.
On account of the infirmity of a foster mother, an application was made to a Magistrate for an
Order for the removal of a child from her care, pursuant to Section 67 of the Act of 1932. The Order
was granted and the child removed to a Public Assistance Committee's Institution, until other
arrangements could be made.
For publishing an advertisement which did not truly state her residence, an offence against
Section 68 of the Act of 1932, a person was summoned and fined £1.