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Croydon 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The tables below give figures for 1931.
Table CXV. FOSTER CHILDREN.
| No. as at Dec, 31st, 1930 | Notice of Reception of Chidren during the year | Notice of Removal 0— | Children Adopted | Died | Children reaching age of 7 | No. as at December 3lst, 1931 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parent | Another area with Foster Parent | Another Foster Mother | Public Institution | ||||||
| 189 | 237 | 100 | — | 61 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 18 | 205 |
Table CXVI. FOSTER MOTHERS.
| No. as at Dec. 31st, 1930 | Applications for Registration during the year | Removals during he year | Registration cancelled for other reasons | No. as at December 31 st, 1931 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| With Child | Without Child | ||||
| 157 | 58 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 207 |
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
lor 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.
The scheme, which came into force on April 1st, 1930. bas
continued during 1931; the sums paid by the Council are based od
the (i) Exchequer grants 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 pays grants to twelve societies,
among which by far the largest grant is made to the Croydon
Voluntary Association for the Blind.
The visitation of home teachers, employees of workshops, home
workers and inmates of homes subject to gr.irt are now Carriedout
by the Medical Officer of Health who reports from time to time to
the Blind Persons Act Committee.