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It will not, of course, be possible for the scheme in
its entirety to be in working order at the beginning of
the financial year, so that the cost for the first year
should not exceed £4,000, and in the following year the
cost of the equipment of the Maternity Home will
not have to be met, so that the expenditure when the
complete scheme is established should be still under
£4,000.
Of this the Local Government Board would pay one
half, so that the net cost to the Council would be £2,000
a year, or the equivalent of a rate of 5/8d. in the pound, or
an increase compared with the present expenditure on
Infant Welfare work of one halfpenny in the pound.
We recommend—
That the Maternity and Infant Welfare Scheme outlined
above be adopted by the Council and for the purpose of
carrying it into effect—
(a) That a lady Medical Practitioner be appointed at a
salary of £500 a year, rising by annual instalments of
£25 to a maximum of £600 a year, as Assistant
Medical Officer of Health who would be responsible
under the administrative control of the Medical
Officer of Health for the Maternity and Child Welfare
Work in the Borough.
(b) That two additional Health Visitors be appointed at
salaries of £150 a year.
(c) That a Maternity Home be established on the lines
proposed in this Report at 706, Fulham Road. That
in connection with the Home, the Maternity and Child
Welfare Committee shall arrange a scheme of "Home
Helps."
(d) That the Council shall pay to the Committee of the
Fulham Babies Hospital an annual grant of £1,000,
subject to the hospital being conducted and maintained
to the satisfaction of the Council.
(e) That the Council shall pay an annual grant of £300 a
year to the Committee of the Fulham Nursery subject
to the Nursery being conducted and maintained to the
satisfaction of the Council.