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additional allowance payable in respect of a child may be
paid to the local authority to be administered for the benefit
of the child, and prescribes a similar procedure in respect of
an orphan pension where the Minister is satisfied that it will
be in the interests of the child for the local authority to
administer the pension. In such cases the local authority
may make representations to the Minister. The local
authority for the County of London under the Act is the
London County Council, but this body was of opinion that
this work should be delegated to the Metropolitan Borough
Councils as the authorities dealing with Maternity and Child
Welfare. Any expense incurred is defrayed as expenses under
the Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme.
No cases under the provisions of this Act were dealt with
during the year.
Supply of Milk, etc., to Necessitous, Expectant and
Nursing Mothers and Milk to Young Children. The approximate
cost of this service during the year was as follows:—
Dried milk, £1,293 15s. 9d. Fresh milk, 19s. 4d.
Dinners, nil.
A scale of income approved by the Ministry of Health is used
as a test of necessity, and the details of this scale will be
found in the annual report for 1925. In one instance an
applicant made a false statement as to income. The circumstances
of the case were fully reported on by the Town Clerk
and considered by the Committee, and a cautionary letter
was sent to the applicant.
Administration of the Public Health (Puerperal Fever
and Puerperal Pyrexia) Regulations, 1926. These regulations
came into force on the 1st October, 1926, and made notifiable,
in addition to puerperal fever, puerperal pyrexia, which is
defined as follows:—
" Any febrile condition (other than a condition which
is required to be notified as puerperal fever under the
Infectious Disease (Notification Acts) occurring in
women within 21 days after child-birth or mis-carriage