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(p) Research Work on the Health of the Toddler. For
three years, ending May, 1928, a certain number of children
between the ages of 2 and 5 years, coming within the three
following groups were kept under observation at the request
of the Ministry of Health : (a) Unselected children ;
(b) Catarrhal children; (c) Good and Bad families.
The work was carried out at the Eltham Centre and during
the period systematic observations were made. The reports
on these cases have been sent to the Ministry and in due
course will be published by him along with the results
obtained in other areas where the work was also carried out.
(q) Blind Persons Act, 1920. It is the duty of the London
County Council to make arrangements to the satisfaction of
the Ministry of Health for promoting the welfare of blind
persons ordinarily resident within the County. In September,
1921, the County Council asked that, where children under
five years of age were concerned, such arrangements should
be made in connection with the Council's child welfare scheme,
and that home visiting should be carried out by the Council's
health visitors. The County Council further asked to be
informed of any cases in which the home conditions are unsuitable
for blind children, or of any arrangements necessary
for the reception of a blind child into a suitable institution.
In October, 1921, the Council agreed to comply with this
request.
During the year three cases came to the knowledge of
the department, all of whom were receiving suitable treatment
in special London hospitals or homes.
(r) Widows', Orphans' & Old Age Contributory Pensions
Act, 1925. In March, 1926, the Council resolved to inform
the London County Council that it was prepared to undertake
the powers and duties of a local authority under the provisions
of Section 6 of this Act. This Section provides