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The Council gave its consent for notices to be fixed in
each of the Female Underground Conveniences of the
Borough, directing young women and girls, strangers in
the Metropolis, where to apply for advice, or shelter, in case
of need. The notices are framed in oak, and have been
supplied by the London Female Preventive and Reformatory
Institution, of 200 Euston Road, N.W.
FEMALE HEALTH VISITOR.
Miss Hilda Hewitt Lawrence, of Lincoln, who was appointed
by the Council, on October 3rd, 1907, as Female
Health Visitor for a temporary period of 12 months, commenced
her duties on January 1st, 1908, working throughout
the year, off and on, as her health permitted. Unfortunately,
Miss Lawrence found her health unsatisfactory and
the duties too arduous for her physical capabilities, so that
the Council decided, on December 10th, 1908, to allow her
temporary 12 months' appointment to elapse ot the end of
the 12 months, and to appoint another candidate* for a
further temporary period of 12 months from January 1st,
1909, under the same terms, viz., a salary of ^80 per
annum, with a nurse's uniform, estimated at (about) ;£,5,
the Council to be then in a better position to determine
whether the office should be permanently constituted. The
report of the year's work of Miss Lawrence is not
satisfactory, having regard to the many interruptions
arising from her ill-health and consequent absence
from duty, the work getting into arrears. These facts
must be borne in mind in connection with the work done
under the Notification of Births Act, 1907, which was
adopted, and came into force on March 9th, 1908, throughout
the Borough of Lambeth—giving rise to a very large
increase of work, clerical and inspectorial. A total of 3473
*Miss Isabella Sarah Virtue, of Blackburn Corporation, was elected
as Health Visitor on January 21st, 1909, commencing her duties on
March 1st, 1909. She has had 10 years' experience in private nursing
and 4 months in midwifery practice, and is highly qualified (Central
Midwives Board and Royal Sanitary Institute certificates).