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L.G.B. Recommendations.
11. Provision of Hospital for infants
up to 5 years of age.
12. Provision of food and milk for
mothers and children.
13. Provision of Creches and Day
Nurseries, or foster mothers,
under supervision of the Medical
Officer of Health.
14. Provision of Convalescent Homes
for children and mothers.
15. Provision of homes for children
of widows and for illegitimate
children.
16. The provision of experimental
work on such lines as may be
approved by any local authority.
17. Steps to be taken to impress
upon druggists, midwives and
health visitors, the dangers of
the use of diachylon or other
lead compound as an Abortifiacient.
For all this work the Government
is prepared to pay a grant of 50 per
cent. on the costs incurred, subject to
the approval of the Board being obtained
before any expenditure is incurred
on new work or extensions of
existing work.
Present Position in Croydon.
11. Non-existent, excepting in the
children's ward at Croydon
General Hospital, which does
not meet the needs of the town.
12. Arranged, so far as milk is concerned,
by the Borough and the
Association. No other food provided.
13. Two creches, privately run, exist
in Croydon. The premises are
unsuitable for the proper health
conditions of infants and young
children.
14. None at present in Croydon.
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17. Arranged by Medical Officer of
Health.
GENERAL OUTLINE OF SCHEME OF DEVELOPMENT.
It is important that any scheme of development of this work
should take cognisance of the needs of the different parts of the
town with respect to public medical service for all children,
whether under, or of, school age, and that the service required
under this maternity scheme for treatment of mothers should also
be taken into account. This would involve a joint consideration
of such a scheme by the Public Health Committee and the Education
Committee, as the latter is involved in so far as the extension
of school treatment centres and the provision of Nursery Schools
is concerned.
Broadly speaking the complete scheme should provide for
centres so situated in the different parts of the town that each will