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formerly paid. The discontinued grant is now, in certain cases, included in that to
the borough council concerned, by whom it is passed on to the voluntary organisations,
subject to the following conditions set forth in the Ministry of Health scheme prepared
under Section 101 of the Act:—
(i) That the Council are satisfied as to the efficiency of the Maternity and Child
Welfare service provided by the association in respect of which the contribution
is payable, and that such service is being used by a reasonable number
of those persons for whom it is provided ;
(ii) That no reduction or alteration of such service is made without the consent
of the Council;
(iii) That such service, and any premises in which it is carried on, are open to
inspection at all reasonable times by any officer of the Council duly authorised
by the Council, and by any officer of the Ministry of Health appointed for
that purpose by the Minister ;
(iv) That the association sends to the Council in each year a copy of the annual
report of the association on maternity and child welfare work of the previous
year, together with a statement of the accounts of the association for that
year relating to such work, and a copy of the auditor's certificate thereon,
and furnishes the Council from time to time with such other information
relating to the maternity and child welfare services provided by the association
and the expenditure thereon as the Council may reasonably require :
Provided that the Council shall not, except with the consent of the Minister of
Health, terminate or make any reduction in the annual contribution payable
to an association in respect of any service on the ground that any of the
foregoing conditions are not fulfilled in the case of that service.
The following voluntary organisations receive the discontinued Ministry grant
subject to the conditions set forth above.
Shoreditch School for Mothers.
Amount payable in respect of discontinued grant—£755 1s. 6d. This organisation
which has done most valuable work in the Borough for many years administers the
two following institutions :—
School for Mothers, 28, Herbert Street.
This is a centre for health visiting. Two Health Visitors are employed who are
responsible for visiting in an area (District 7 in accompanying tables) containing
some 1,600 children under five years of age, and in which about 460 births occur
annually. Two Infant Welfare Centres, and Ante-Natal Centre and a Sewing Class
are held weekly at this Centre. The Borough Council makes an annual grant of
£200 in respect of the important duties under the Maternity and Child Welfare Act
that have been delegated to this Centre.
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