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Lambeth 1919
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1919
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Municipal Milk Depot.
(Inaugurated by the Council, 1903.)
Record of Work carried out during 1919. 246 new infants and children were entered upon the Register and fed, their ages being at the time of commencing the milk:—
| Under 3 months ... | 102 | 9—12 months | 35 |
| 3—6 months | 52 | Over 12 months and | 21 |
| 6—9 months | 36 | under 2 years | 246 |
Of the 102 infants under 3 months, 35 were aged 14 days or
under.
These 246 infants and children (under 2 years) may be
classified, as to their states of health at the time of being put upon
the milk, as follows: —Healthy, i.e., showing no sign of wasting
or disease, though often below par constitutionally 141, weakly
13, wasting 66, diseased 26. The diseases from which the 26
infants and children were actually suffering at the time of being
put upon the milk were : Hernia 1, rickets 1, influenza 1, ophthalmia
1, convulsions 1, diarrhoea and sickness 3, bronchitis 2, bronchitis
and pneumonia 1, bronchitis and teething 1, tuberculosis 1, teething
1, measles 4, porrigo 2, eczema 1, and indigestion 5.
An average of 134 infants and children (under 2 years) were fed
per week at the Depot, necessitating the distribution for the year of
167,328 bottles of milk mixture, whilst, in addition, milk was also
supplied as follows :—
1. Lambeth Infirmary—using 31,982 bottles of milk
mixture ;
2. Lambeth Workhouse —using 1,720 bottles of milk
mixture ;
3. Invalids—using 576 pint bottles of milk mixture ;