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of this proposed building for a School Treatment Centre, it was only
after protracted negotiations with the Valuer's Department that agreement
was reached regarding rental, etc.
The Quantity Surveyor's estimate for the erection of the new
Maternity and Child Welfare Centre, including the first floor for a School
Treatment Centre was £8,889, to which sum had to be added £326 for
architectural services and £150 for demolition work, making a total
of £9,365—an increase of £4,270 over the amount already sanctioned.
Revised plans of the whole scheme were submitted to the Ministry
of Health and the borrowing of an additional sum of £4,270 was
sanctioned.
The following are the terms agreed upon between the Borough Council
and the London County Council for the renting of the first floor accommodation:—
(1) The Council to take a lease for 21 years from a date to be agreed.
(2) The rent to be £260 a year, or such amended figure as is agreed
on the same basis when the actual cost of the building is known.
(3) The Council to pay rates for the portion of the building in its
occupation on a separate assessment.
(4) Gas, water and electricity for the Treatment Centre to be metered
separately.
(5) The Council to pay one-half of the costs of services exclusive
of the cost of coke, in which case the payment by the Council
is to be two-thirds of the cost.
(6) The Borough Council to be liable for all repairs, insurance and
Schedule "A" tax.
It is understood that the Borough Council would undertake
all works of repair and maintenance and arrange for the provision
of all services required and that payments due from the Council
will be adjusted annually as in similar cases.
The erection of the Centre commenced in December.
Miss J. M. Cardozo, Chief Health Visitor, reports as follows:—
Health Visiting.
During 1937 a large number of our visits have been to say goodbye
to many of our mothers and their children, as they have moved out of
the Borough to one of the new Housing Estates, and to visit and welcome
new families as they came into the new flats.