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The scheme prepared by the Council has now
received the approval of the Ministry of Health
and it is considered that the full details will be
of use to those reading this report. I therefore set them out at length :—
1. Ascertainment: Information is obtained through the
tion's Ante-Natal clinics and the following voluntary
organisations:—
The Dagenham Personal Service Council,
Romford Branch of the Chelmsford Diocesan Moral
Welfare Association.
2. Advice : The assistance of the voluntary organisations will be
enlisted to advise and guide on the lines suggested in
Ministry of Health Circular No. 2866 of the 1st October,
1943-
3. Institutional Accommodation : Facilities are available for the
maintenance and rehabilitation of mothers and children at
(a) the Romford Hostel of the Chelmsford Diocesan Moral
Welfare Association and (b) at the Essex County Council
Hostel at Ardmore, Buckhurst Hill.
4. After Care : (a) Foster Mothers : Where necessary,
ments will be made for children to be placed with suitable
foster mothers to whom a payment will be made by the
Corporation of 12s. 6d. per week for maintenance and £3 per
quarter clothing allowance up to the age of five years.
(b) Residential Accommodation: The Corporation will participate
in the proposal of the Essex County Council to establish
a residential nursery for children who cannot be boarded out.
5. Contributions : Mothers will be required to contribute towards
the cost of maintenance of children on the following basis:—
(i) Amount of affiliation order (if any) or specific allowance
received by the mother in respect of the child,
Plus—
(ii) Gross earnings,
Less—
(a) Reasonable cost of board and lodgings not exceeding
(i) 20s. od. if mother resident with parents, and (ii)
30s. od. if resident elsewhere,
(b) Reasonable cost of additional meals,
(c) Fares to work and to visit child,
(d) Statutory insurance contributions,
(e) Hospital contributory schemes,
(f) Personal allowance—10s. od. per week.
(g) Any other exceptional expenses as approved by the
Chairman of the Health Services Committee,
not exceeding the cost of maintenance to the Council.