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Subject to the estimate now before Parliament being accepted
by Parliament, the Board will be willing to consider applications
for grants in respect of any work falling within the scope of the
schemes outlined in the memorandum accompanying this letter; the
giants will normally amount to one-half the approved expenditure
on any of these purposes, but may be less if the Board so decide.
Grants to institutions of the nature of Schools for Mothers, the
object of which is primarily educational, which provide training and
instruction for mothers in the care and management of infants and
little children, and which may include systematic classes, or home
visiting, or infant consultations (the provision of specific medical
and surgical advice and treatment, if any, being only incidental),
will be administered by the Board of Education. Any cases of
doubt or difficulty will be investigated by a Joint Committee of
Officers of the two Boards, which will include women Medical
Officers.
In sending a copy of this circular to voluntary agencies engaged
in infant welfare work, the Board will state that applications for
grants in respect of voluntary work may be made by a voluntary
agency either directly or through a local authority.
The grant now presented to Parliament will be appropriated in
aid of the expenditure of the half-year ended 30th September, 1914,
and applications for grants should be accompanied by an account of
the work undertaken by the authority, and by a detailed statement
of the expenditure incurred, certified by the officer of the local
authority in charge of the accounts.
I am to add that the Board will be happy to afford advice and
assistance to local authorities in the initiation of schemes or the
extension of existing schemes.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant.
(Signed) H. C. Monro,
Secretary.
The Clerk to the Council.