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Borough, the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee being of
opinion that the scheme is inadequate as regards :
(1) Healfh Visiting,
(2) Treatment of Minor Ailments,
(3) Treatment of Non-notifiable Infectious Disease,
(4) Clerical assistance,
(5) Nursing assistance,
(6) Provision of Ante-Natal and Child Welfare Centres.
Particulars of the additional measures suggested for improving
the service will be found on pages 78 to 91. The additional
expenditure would not cause the total cost of the Maternity and
Child Welfare service to amount to a penny rate.
Following a visit of inspection by a Medical Officer from the
Ministry of Health, the Council were requested by the Ministry, in
view of the fact that the staff of Health Visitors is barely sufficient
for the duties at present carried out, to provide temporary assistance
during the absence of any Health Visitor on holiday or sick
leave, and the adoption of this measure has been of the utmost
help to the work. The Maternity and Child Welfare Committee
have been fo. cunate in obtaining, when required, the temporary
services of Miss K. Teebay, formerly a valued member of the permanent
staff of Health Visitors; and Mrs. Berks, who before
marriage was also on the Health Visiting staff, continued to give
valuable voluntary assistance at the Centres until she removed to
another Borough.
The Ministry of Health approved an additional grant by the
Council of £50, to Hackney Grove Voluntary Welfare Centre, as
from April 1st, 1923.
The Ministry of Health has been recently approached, as
reported in the general press, in order that permission should be