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meetings with representatives of the Merton and Wimbledon
Moral Welfare Association. Unfortunately the Gap Road
premises could not be repaired under a cost of work payment
as the Wimbledon Borough Council required the site for flats.
The Welfare Association could only expect a value payment
based on the 1939 value, and therefore any attempt to purchase
another suitable building could involve them in a high capital
expenditure which they were not prepared to accept. It was
felt that the representatives of the local authorities would not
be prepared to recommend tc their Councils any extensive
capital expenditure, and it was decided that the Welfare Association
would endeavour to find a suitable building to rent.
Unfortunately, no further progress could be reported by the end
of the year.
Care of Premature Infants
Premature infants requiring hospital treatment are admitted
to the County Hospital.
For cases remaining in their own homes special draughtproof
cots heated by hot water bottles, blankets, clothes, special
feeding bottles, etc., may be borrowed free of cost at the request
of the doctor or midwife in charge of the case.
Home Helps are available when necessary.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA
WATER SUPPLY
Except for eight houses in Goat Road, supplied by the
Sutton Water Company, the whole of Mitcham is supplied by
the Metropolitan Water Board.
There are in addition eight licensed caravan yards, each
containing a stand pipe and supplying a total of 26 caravans.
The water has been of a consistently high standard of purity
and no case of infectious disease has been transmitted by water.