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all administration, and particularly administration relative
to health and the care of the child, having regard to the
need for economy and the importance of the problem.
Recommendations.
1. That application be made to the Middlesex County
Council for the delegation of their powers under Section 9
of the Midwives Act, 1902, to the Willesden District Council.
2. That an additional sum of £1,600 (half of which is
repayable by grant) be provided in the estimate for the
financial year ending 31st March, 1918, to deal as far as this
sum will go with the items above mentioned, namely:—
(a) Home Visitation.
(b) The provision of a Midwife for necessitous women
in confinement as may be required.
(c) The provision of a Doctor for the aid in
ment of necessitous women as may be required.
(d) The provision of Maternity Nurses as may be required.
(e) Provision of medical supervision, advice and
ment for expectant and nursing mothers, and for
infants and children under five years of age, as may
be required.
I am, your obedient Servant,
GEORGE F. BUCHAN,
Medical Officer.
APPENDIX K.
GRANTS IN AID.
I.—Maternity and Child Welfare (Local Government Board).
Summary of expenditure incurred during the 12 months
ended the 31st March, 1916, in respect of Maternity and
Child Welfare Work:—