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In addition in the first year, there would be the cost
of equipment and furnishing, viz.:— about £600.
With a view of obtaining premises for the purpose, we
have inspected two houses in the Borough, and are of
opinion that one of these, viz.:— 706, Fulham Road is
suitable for a Home. It is at present used as the
Babies Hospital, but we are informed that when vacated,
which will probably be within about 3 months, the owner
will be willing to let it on lease at £75 a year. It will
afford accommodation for about nine patients and could
be adapted for the purpose at a small cost.
We are of opinion that the Council should at once
enter into negotiations with the owner, with the view of
opening it as a maternity home on the lines set forth
above. There are, of course, many matters of detail to
be considered in connection with it which will be dealt
with by us when the Council have decided on the
principle.
An essential corollary to a Maternity Home is a system
of "Home help" to do the work of the house and attend
to the other children of the family during the mother's