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nity and Child Welfare Centre, with a Maternity Home of 12 beds,
accommodation for the latter being in the northern wing of the
building.
The resignation in June of Miss Buckton, who had been a
most energetic and successful Health Visitor for the past 5 years,
was felt to be a serious loss to the work. The appointment of
Miss O'Leary in July brought the number of the Health Visitors
again to six, but this number is hardly sufficient to cope with the
work, and will need to be increased in the near future.
The Matron of the Day Nursery resigned on account of illhealth
in July, and an entirely new Staff has been appointed.
The unsuitability and inadequacy of the house in which the
Day Nursery is at present lodged, make it impossible to maintain
a proper standard of hygiene, and a better building is urgently
needed for the purpose.
Milk (Mothers and Children) Order, 1918.
Dried Milk has been supplied at cost price for children attending
the Maternity and Child Welfare Centre, and fresh milk to
expectant and nursing mothers, and for infants free of charge in
necessitous cases. £1,800 were provided in the estimates for
this purpose, but it is estimated that this amount will be exceeded
in the coming year owing to increasing unemployment. The following
scale of economic circumstances was adopted by the
Council :—
Mothers and infants receive meals or milk when the net
income per head of the family per week comes within the following
scale :—
Net income per head of the
family per week, Mat. and
No. in family. Child Welfare Scale
s. a.
Two 10 0
Three 8 0
Four 7 6
Five 6 6
Six or over 6 0
Method of Calculation.
The net income per head of a family is defined as the income
less outgoings divided by the number in family.