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the Society pursuant to the Schemes made by the Minister of Health under Section
101 (6) of the Local Government Act, 1929. We have requested the Town Clerk
to communicate hereon with the Ministry of Health, in due course, in case any
amendment to the Scheme is involved, as we feel that inasmuch as the Society
will not be carrying out on behalf of the Council any maternity and child welfare
services (other than those relating to day nurseries, for which the prescribed grants
will continue to be made by the Council) as from the 1st April, 1935, the Council
should not be called upon to afford, except in very special circumstanccs arising in
connection with the change over and the meeting of outstanding liabilities, further
financial assistance to the Society so far as welfare centres, clinics and services are
concerned."
Later in the year plans showing the lay-out of the new Maternity and Child
Welfare Centre, Cleansing of Persons Baths and Shelter, on the site of No. 27,
Grove Road, were submitted by the Architect, Sir Edwin Cooper.
It is required by the Ministry of Health to make a statement showing the
arrangements made by the Council and by Voluntary Associations providing
Maternity and Child Welfare services in respect of which the Council pay contributions
under Section 101 of the Local Government Act, 1929, or otherwise. The
following extract from the statement submitted in accordance with the requirement
contains much useful information on the work of this section. Tables on pages
61 and 63 give further particulars of the work done at the various clinic centres
during the year.
Statement Showing Arrangements Made for Maternity and Child Welfare.
Population of the area served by the Council, 92,220.
Number oj births notified in that area during the year under the Notification
of Births Act, 1907, as adjusted by any transferred notifications: (a) Live
births, 858; (b) Still births, 20; (c) Total,* 878; (d) By midwives,* 328;
(e) By doctors and parents, 108; By hospitals, 169; By Nursing Homes,
58; Inward transfers, 215.*
Health Visiting.
(i) Number of officers employed for health visiting at the end of the
year : (a) by the Council, 8 ; (b) by Voluntary Associations, 0.
(ii) Equivalent of whole time services devoted by the whole staff to
health visiting (including attendance at infant welfare centres):—
(a) in the case of Health Visitors employed by the Council, 6 ; (b) in
the case of Health Visitors employed by Voluntary Associations,
nil.
(iii) Number of visits paid during the year by all Health Visitors:—(a)
To expectant mothers, first visits,† 295; total visits, 597. (b) To
children under 1 year of age, first visits,† 773; total visits, 5,533.
(c) To children between the ages of 1 and 5 years, total visits, 7,204.
*The total of the figures given under .(d) and (e) agree with the figure under (c).
†Excluding cases which are known to have previously been visited in another
district.
Infant Welfare Centres.
(a) Number of Centres provided and maintained by the Council, four
(including three year old pre-school clinic).
(b) Number of Centres provided and maintained by Voluntary
tions, 4.
(c) Total number of attendances at all Centres during the year: (i) By
children under 1 year of age, 7,408; (ii) By children between the
ages of 1 and 5 years, 8,943 (including 112, 3-year-olds).