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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 may reasonably be required.
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 bv 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 Ante—natal work between the Borough Council
and University College Hospital, in force since January 1st, 1928.
During 1933 a scheme was brought into operation, in association with the
Voluntary Committees, for the provision of sterilised maternity outfits. Arrangements were
made by which these could be obtained either at about cost price, or in necessitous cases below
cost price, according to individual circumstances.
2. At Confinement.
A subsidy is paid by the Borough Council to certain hospitals in connection
with the admission of necessitous cases to their maternity wards.