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Whitefield Day Nursery 564
Kentish Town „ 432
*Margaret ,, 403
Mayoress of St. Pancras Home for Sick Poor Children 758
The payment of the above-mentioned contributions is subject to the following
conditions:—
1. That the Borough Council are satisfied as to the efficiency of the maternity and child
welfare service provided by the association in respect of which the contribution is
payable, and that such service is being used by a reasonable number of those
persons for whom it is provided;
2. That no reduction or alteration of such service is made without the consent of the
Borough Council;
3. That such service, and any premises in which it is carried on, are open to inspection
at all reasonable times by any officer of the Borough Council duly authorised by the
Council, and by any officer of the Ministry of Health appointed for that purpose by
the Minister;
4. That the association sends to the Borough Council in each year a copy of the annual
report of the association on the maternity and child welfare work of the previous
year; together with a statement of the accounts of the association for that year
relating to such work and a copy of the auditors' certificate thereon, and furnishes the
Borough Council from time to time with such other information relating to the
maternity and child welfare services provided by the association and the expenditure
thereon as the Borough Council may reasonably require.
The above scheme came into operation on April 1st, 1930, and is to continue in force
until March 31st, 1933.
The work carried out in the Borough in connection with maternity and child
welfare may be summarised under the following three headings:—
1. Ante-natal
Special consultations are held at the Centres maintained by the Borough
Council and also at the General and Women's Hospitals, both in and
adjacent to the Borough.
Visits by Council's Health Visitors to the Homes.
Classes for mothers, held by the Superintendents of the various Centres.
Provision of dinners (at some Centres), milk, and also of dental treatment
for expectant and nursing mothers.
A scheme of co-operation in xYnte-natal work between the Borough Council
and University College Hospital, in force since January 1st, 1928.
*The grant allocated by the Ministry of Health to the Margaret Day Nursery was based on the expenditure
incurred during the standard year (1929) at the old premises then occupied in Ampthill Square. The Committee of
the Nursery had, however, acquired a site in Clarendon Square on which a large and well designed day nursery was
erected. The accommodation in the new premises was very much greater, and although the expenses were necessarily
higher, no increase in the grant made by the Minister could be obtained until the expiration of the period of
three years for which the amount of grant had been fixed.
Under these circumstances, the Borough Council very generously decided to make a grant of £390 per annum
for a period of two years towards the cost of the new premises. At the end of this time the position could be reviewed,
as a new scheme would then be made by the Minister of Health.