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to the care of their parents or other persons residing or said to be residing
in Westminster.
During the year visits to foster children were carried out as follows:—

Barlow's Gift.— The income from this trust, amounting to £33, was
by resolution of the Barlow's Gift Committee divided between maternity
and child welfare, the Tuberculosis Handicrafts Committee and the
Westminster Nursing Committee. The money has been most usefully
expended in providing such necessaries as cannot be bought by money
raised from the rates, e.g., rubber bandages, flannel, wool and materials
for handicrafts.
Homes for Unmarried Mothers, etc.— The Council made a grant
of £100 to the Home of St. John the Baptist at Tulse Hill. This
home was formerly in the City, and cases from Westminster are eligible
for admission. During 1934 five Westminster women received care
and shelter over an average period of eight months.
Supply of Milk.— Fresh or dried milk is supplied free or at half-price,
in certain cases recommended by the medical officers of the maternity and
child-welfare centres. Grants are made only in cases where the income of
the family, after deductions have been made in respect of rent and other
outgoings, is within the limits laid down in a scale of income prepared by
the Minister of Health. Applications are dealt with at the meetings of the
ladies of the Maternity and Child Welfare Sub-Committee, which take
place once a month at one or other of the Council's centres. Grants are
made for a period of one calendar month and are reconsidered at each
subsequent meeting of the Committee. Cases in receipt of public
assistance are not eligible for the council's extra nourishment scheme,
but a scheme is in operation whereby mothers and infants in receipt of