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Council's scale. In the 38 remaining cases, 18 made other arrangements
for the confinement, 17 cases had not been confined at the
end of the year, two were found to be not pregnant, and one was
refused owing to unsuitable accommodation.
At the end of the year there were 13 names on the Council's
approved list of home helps.
Report by the Medical Officer of Health.
In 1929, at the request of the Council, I submitted a scheme
for the provision of home helps in which the following conditions
were incorporated:—
(а) Expectant mothers shall be allowed to select only from the
Council's approved list of home helps.
(b) The home help shall attend daily at the home from 8 a.m. to
6 p.m., (or for not less than ten hours daily to be arranged)
over a period of 14 days.
(c) Home helps will be paid at the rate of 5s. 6d. per day on
certificate of satisfactory service.
Since the inauguration of the scheme in 1931 some 360 applications
for home helps have been received, and the following list
shows how the demand has increased.
Number of applications for
Year. Home Helps received.
1931-2 32
1933 19
1934 33
1935 38
1936 57
1937 82
1938 99
360