View report page

41
4. It is the intention of the Council as soon as the necessary
arrangements can be made to provide that the functions of the
Public Assistance Committee in so far as they relate to:—
(a) the maintenance of poor children apart from their
parents;
(b) the relief of expectant and nursing mothers;
(c) the relief of the blind;
(d) the care of the mentally defective persons;
shall be discharged, on behalf of and subject to the general
direction and control of the Public Assistance Committee, by the—
(a) Education,
(b) Maternity and Child Welfare Sub,
(c) Public Health, and
(d) Mental Deficiency
Committees of the Council respectively.
With regard to the relief of the blind, a scheme for the
domiciliary assistance of blind persons is to be submitted to the
Ministry of Health.
With the exception of the Aldersbrook and Scattered Homes,
which previously were controlled by the West Ham Board of
Guardians, and which were transferred to East Ham, the West
Ham Council retained possession of the rest of the institutions.
Medical out-relief is administered by the Public Assistance
Committee. The Medical Staff are, however, under the control
of the Medical Officer of Health.
Section 13, Local Government Act, 1929.
An agreement has been entered into with the East Ham
Memorial Hospital, wherein the Hospital agree to provide the
following services:—
The Council to contribute to the East Ham Memorial Hospital
the sum of £3,000 per annum (such sum to exclude payments
at present made under contract for specific classes of cases treated
at the Hospital) and to be payable quarterly or half-yearly subject
to the following terms and conditions:—
1. The Hospital Committee will co-opt three members to be
nominated by the Council, on the Hospital Management Committee,
it being understood that one of the Council's Medical Staff