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addition to the outpatients' departments at University College Hospital, the
Royal Free Hospital, and the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond
Street, and other hospitals near the borough, a special Children's Clinic is held
once a week at the St. Pancras Dispensary, 39, Oakley Square. This is for
sick infants sent from Infant Consultations, and other institutions (such as
nursery schools and creches) which make a small subscription to the dispensary
on account of this.
In the event of contributions being made by the Government towards these
out-patient departments for sick infants, it is desirable that the " hospital
letter" system should be abolished in respect of them.
Grants of Public Money.
The Local Government Board in their circular (see pages 31 and 32)
state that " the Board will be willing to consider applications for grants in
" respect of any work falling within the scope of the scheme outlined in the
" memorandum accompanying this letter : the grants will normally amount to
" one-half the approved expenditure on any of these purposes, but may be less
" if the Board so decide." The Board of Education in their Regulations (1914)
for the Payment of Grants to Schools for Mothers state that they will make
grants to these institutions, and it doss not yet appear to be definitely settled
what is the exact relationship of the two Boards in regard to this matter.
Considerable delay in the making of grants to the " Centres " in the borough
has arisen from this.
Grants have been made by the Government, as follows:—
To the St. Pancras School for Mothers, 1, Ampthill Square.
A grant of £310 has been made by the Board of Education for the
year ended March 1914, being one-half of the expenditure in
respect of which grants are available. Application has been
made for future grants to the Local Government Board and the
Board of Education. The expenditure of this institution for
the six months ended 30th September, 1914, was £363, including
£70 for rent, rates, taxes, and insurance, and £189 for salaries
and wages (certain expenses in connection with dinners for
mothers and for children in the day nursery are omitted from
this total).
To the North St. Pancras School for Mothers, 4, Rhyl Street.
A grant of £64 has been made by the Local Government Board for
the half-year ended 30th September, 1914, being one-half of
the expenditure in respect of which grants are available. One
of the conditions of the grant is " that the work of the Institu"
tion shall be co-ordinated as far as practicable with any
" scheme instituted by the Local Authority on the lines
" indicated in the Board's circular and Memorandum of the
" 30th July, 1914." The expenditure of this institution for the
six months ended 30th September, 1914, was £111, including