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Croydon 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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CHILDREN ACT, 1908—PART I.
Summary.
FOSTER CHILDREN.
| No. as at April 1st, 1930 | Notice of Reception of Children | Notice of Removal to— | Children Adopted | Died | Children reaching age of 7 | No. as at December 31st, 1930 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parent | Adoption Society | Another area with Foster Parent | Another Foster Mother | Public Institution | ||||||
| 186 | 154 | 70 | '20 | 5 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 189 |
FOSTER MOTHERS.
| No. as at April 1st, 1930 | Applications for Registration | Removals | Registration cancelled for other reasons | No. as at Decenber 31st, 1930 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| With Child | Without Child | ||||
| 124 | 40 | 6 | ... | 1 | 157 |
| During the period April—December the Health Visitors paid 1,925 visits under Part 1 of the Children Act, 1908. | |||||
Blind Persons Act, 1920.
Under Section 102 (1) of the Local Government Act, 1929,
the Minister of Health was required to make a scheme providing
for payments of contributions of such amounts as might be specified
in the scheme to any voluntary association which provided services
for the welfare of the blind, by the Councils of Counties and County
Boroughs in which are resident blind persons for whose benefit the
' services are provided.
Such a scheme was drawn up and the sums specified were based
on the (i) Exchequer giants paid for National services to the blind
in respect of the standard year and which are now discontinued (ii)
the amounts of contributions made by the Council to such associations
in the standard year and (iii) upon the developments or
alterations of the work which may have been made since the standard
year.
Under this scheme the Council will pay grants to twelve
societies, among which by far the largest grant is made to the
Croydon Voluntary Association for the Blind.
The scheme came into force on April 1st, 1930, and will remain
in force until 31st March, 1933.
The detailed inspection formerly exercised by officers of the
Ministry of Health ceased on March 31st, 1930, and the Council
have now to satisfy themselves as to the efficiency of the services