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Islington 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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14
1927]
THE MILK SCHEME FOR NECESSITOUS EXPECTANT AND NURSING
MOTHERS AND CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS OF AGE.
During the year 1927, the sum expended in the provision of fresh and dried
milk for necessitous, expectant and nursing mothers, and children under five years
of age, amounted to £2,144 10s. 5d., as against £3,253 14s. 3d. in 1926. The
total amount expended since the Order came into operation in 1918 is
£48,253 0s. Id.
The total recipients during the year numbered 8,860, and the quantity of
milk supplied to them was equal to 196,850 pints (24,6061/4 gallons).
The amended scheme for the distribution of milk adopted by resolution of
the Council, on the 21st January, 1927, is given below:—
DISTRIBUTION OF MILK TO NECESSITOUS MOTHERS AND CHILDREN.
Necessitous Cases Only.
| Net family income after deduction of rent. | Number in family —excluding children earning:— | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| f | ||||||||||||
| f | ||||||||||||
| f | f | f | ||||||||||
| n | f | f | f | |||||||||
| n | f | |||||||||||
| n | 3/4 | f | f | f | ||||||||
| n | f | f | f | |||||||||
| n | n | n | 1/2 | f | f | f | ||||||
| n | n | f | f | |||||||||
| n | n | 3/4 | f | f | ||||||||
F = Free. N = Nil.
The Fractions 3/4, 1/2 and 1/4 represent the amount of cost charged to each recipient.
Children living at home, and earning, NOT counted as members of family
in this scale.