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the Council for necessitous expectant and nursing mothers but modified in accordance
with the discretion given to the Council in Circular No. 1U72 of 1930, and children
under the age of five years, under the conditions laid down in Circular 185, issued by
the Ministry of Health in March, 1921. The approximate cost of these services
during the year was as follows :—
Dried milk, £1,648 16s. Od. ; Fresh milk, £3 7s. 4d. ; Dinners, Nil.
In 1934 the Council agreed to co-operate with the London County Council with
regard to the supply of extra nourishment to maternity cases where domiciliary
relief was being granted by the County Council. The scheme was subsequently
enlarged to include delicate children whose parents were in receipt of out-relief. At
the end of the year it was estimated that the amount due from the London County
Council in respect of extra nourishment was £247, compared with £433 in the previous
year.
Blind Persons Act, 1920.—The Council, at the request of the London
County Council, have arranged that home visiting of blind children under five years
of age should be carried out by the Council's health visitors. Reports are furnished
to the County Council, as the occasion arises, when the home conditions are unsuitable
for blind children or it is advisable that the child should be admitted to a suitable
institution. During the year no new cases came to the knowledge of the department.
Widows', Orphans' and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act, 1925.—The
local authority may, in case of desertion of a child who is an orphan, administer the
payments on behalf of the child. No case under the provisions of this Act was
dealt with during the year.