[Report 1914] / Medical Officer of Health, Cannock U.D.C.

  • Cannock (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1914
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Credit: [Report 1914] / Medical Officer of Health, Cannock U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    medical officer should be responsible, will need to lx-kept, and in rcgaid to chiUlren, the records should be in such a form that they may subse- ([uently be available for the information of the School .Midical Officer when the child is entered at a school. For the rural and smaller urban areas the Board think it will generally be found desirable to develop a county organisation, but in all cases the covmty work sluxild be intimateh- related with that of tlie local sanitar\' authority, and on the other hand any work separately undertaken by a sanitary' authority should be co-ordinated with the county scheme. It is not expected that all local authorities will be able at once to initiate complete schemes, but it is important that any partial ar- rangements that may be made .shall be such as can ultimately foim part of a more extended organisation. vSul)jcct to the estimate now before rarliament being accepted by Parliament, the Board will be willing to consider applications for grants in respect of any work falling within the scope of the scheme outlined in the memorandum accompanying tliis letter ; the grants will normally amount to one-half the approved expenditure on any of the.'^e })urposes, but may be less if the Board .so decide. ('irants to institutions of the nature of Schools for Mothers the object of which is primarily educational, which provide training and instruction for mothers in the care and management of infants and little children, and which may include systematic clas.ses, or home visiting, or infant consultations (the provision of specific medical and surgical advice and treatment, if any, being only incidental), will be adminis- tered l)y the Board of Education. Any cases of doubt or difficulty will be investigated by a Joint Committee of (Officers of the two Boards, which will include women Medical Officers. In .sending a copy of this circular to voluntary agencies engaged in infant welfare work, the Board will state that applications for grants iti re.spect of voluntary wtrrk may be made by a voluntarc' agency either directly or through a local authoritv. 1 he grant now presented to Parliament will be a])propriated in aid of the expenditure of the half-year ended 30th fseptember, ic)i^. and applications for grants .shoidd be accompanied by an account of the work undertaken by the authority, and by a detailed statement of die expenditure incurred, certified bv the officer of the local authoritv in charge of the accounts. I am to add that the Board will be happy to afford advice and assistance to local authorities in the initiation of .schemes or the ex- it)