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Details relating to expenditure incurred are given below:—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Cost of Milk at Full Price 828 6 2 (737 15 0)
Cost of Milk at Half Price 15 4 11 (6 3 10)
Cost of Dried Milk at Full Price 154 3 9 (150 12 3)
Coat of Dried Milk at Half Price 18 8 (3 14 8)
Cost of Dinners 27 18 9 (7 11 3)
£1026 12 3 (£905 17 0)
Supply of DRied Milk, Etc., at Consultation Centres.
£ s. d.
Purchases of Dried Milks, Drugs, etc. 1,380 12 8
Sales 1,123 12 3
Grants from Borough Council 273 15 6
The reception into the Borough of a large number of migratory necessitous families, referred to
in previous Reports, would appear to persist.
Four hundred and seventy-five (475) families hitherto unknown to the Department applied for
grants during the 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.
Eleven cases of nursing mothers with babies were referred for convalescence at a cost to the
Council, after deducting contributions by patients, and from other sources, of £20 19s. 0d.
In 28 instances the Council made grants towards the cost of children convalesced by the Invalid
Children's Aid Association. The amount paid by the Council to the Association during the year
for the convalescing of children was £95 10s. 3d
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.
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:—
(a) 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 acted as Infant Protection Visitor until her retirement in June. In
July Miss M. A. MacLean was appointed to the dual office of Health Visitor and Infant Protection
Visitor, her duties in the latter respect occupying three-fourths of her time.
In addition other Health Visitors act as occasion requires 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 1935, 1,762 visits and inspections were made, 41 new registrations of fostermothers
were recorded, 77 new infants were received, and 59 infants were removed—14 to hospital
and 45 elsewhere. No deaths were reported.
At the close of the year, the Register contained the names of 103 persons who were receiving
children for reward. These persons had charge of 128 children.
Section 11 of the Children Act, 1908, exempts from the provisions of the Act certain approved
hospitals or institutions undertaking the nursing or maintenance of children under 9 years of age.
During the year certificates of exemption were issued in conformity therewith to the following:—
The Paddington Green Children's Hospital, W.2; The London Lock Hospital and Home, 283, Harrow
Road, W.9; The Spanish and Portuguese Jews' Orphanage, 2, Ashworth Road, W.9; The Convent
of the Sisters of the Church and Orphanage of Mercy, Randolph Gardens, N.W.6; The Victoria
Orphanage Church Extension Association, 111, Shirland Road, W.9; and the Beauchamp Lodge
Emergency Home for Children, Beauchamp Lodge, 2, Warwick Crescent, W.2.