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be visiting and keeping records of 4,000 children. It may also be taken
that only one half of the infants born will require constant supervision.
The actual number on the visiting list at any one time will therefore be
2,000, which we have always considered enough for one visitor to attend
to.
The position of the Central Home.
I have visited various properties belonging to the Council, such as
the two Public Baths, &c., and I am of opinion that they are unsuitable
buildings for the Centre. I would advise premises being taken near the
top of Borough Road (Stones End), as the position most suitable.
I have calculated that the whole scheme can be efficiently carried
out at an expense of £600 a year, half of which sum could be recovered
from the Local Government Board and the Board of Education. I
would advise also that you diminish the regular Sanitary (Male) Inspector
Staff by one Inspector—an equivalent to £180 a year. This
seems a fair arrangement when you are proposing to add to the Establishment
two Nurses or Health Visitors for Home Nursing.
Annual Cost of the Establishment.
Rent £100
Taxes 33
Lady Superintendent 120
Two Health Visitors 200
(Lady) Medical Officer 50
Caretaker 52
Coal, Lighting, &c. 25
Contingencies 20
Total £600
G. B. MILLSON,
Medical Officer of Health.
On the report of the Public Health Committee the Council appointed
three more health visitors.
The question of the establishment of a Centre was postponed.