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Local Government Board will pay grants to the extent
of 50 per cent of the net expenses.
These are:—
(i) The salaries and expenses of Inspectors of
Midwives.
(ii) The salaries and expenses of Health Visitors
and Nurses engaged in Maternity and Child
Welfare work.
(iii) The provision of a midwife for necessitous
women in confinement and for areas which are
insufficiently supplied with this service.
(iv) The provision of a doctor for the aid in confinement
of necessitous women.
(v) The expenses of a Centre i.e., an institution
providing any or all of the following activities,
viz:— medical supervision and advice for expectant
and nursing mothers, and for infants
and little children, and medical treatment at
the Centre for cases needing it.
(vi) Hospital treatment provided or contracted for
by a Local Authority for complicated cases of
confinement or complications arising after
parturition, either in the mother or infant, and
for infants found to need in-patient treatment.
(vi) Hospital treatment for Children up to five
years of age.
(viii) Lying-in homes.
(ix) Home helps.
(x) The provision of food for expectant and nursing
mothers and for children under five years
of years.
(xi) Creches and day nurseries.
(xii) Convalescent Homes.