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Hornsey 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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HOME HELPS.
The Hornsey Home Helps Society was started in 1930 by members of the Voluntary Committees of the Centres (Hon. Secretary, Mrs. Inward, 99, Pemberton Road, N.4).
| Year. | No. of Helps on Books. | Mothers served. | Income. | Expenditure. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| 1930 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931 | 4 | 12 | 38 | 19 | 0 | 37 | 11 | |
| 1932 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 0 |
| 1933 | 5 | 11 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 36 | 6 | 10 |
| 1934 | 5 | 14 | 44 | 9 | 6 | 44 | 8 | 2 |
| 1935 | 6 | 35 | 125 | 17 | 0 | 127 | 13 | 0 |
| 1936 | 8 | 66 | 186 | 11 | 2 | 187 | 12 | 7 |
| 1937 | 10 | 93 | 303 | 1 | 0 | 329 | 9 | 8 |
| 1938 | 12 | 136 | 566 | 9 | 0 | 501 | 16 | 11 |
| 1939 | 16 | 129 | 520 | 19 | 0 | 482 | 19 | 10 |
| 1940 | 6 | 117 | 434 | 7 | 1 | 425 | 8 | 11 |
| The Council decided to renew the grant of £200 towards the expenses of the Society, for the year ending 31st March, 1941. | ||||||||
MILK (MOTHERS & CHILDREN) ORDER.
One thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven applications for milk under this Order were dealt with during the year:—
| 1 pint milk daily free | 838 |
| 2 pints ,, ,, ,, | 632 |
| 3 ,, ,, ,, | 141 |
| 4 ,, ,, ,, | 2 |
| 1 pint ,, ,, half-price | 59 |
| 2 pints ,, ,, „ | 104 |
| 3 ,, ,, ,, | 2 |
| 11b. dried milk weekly free | 30 |
| l½ lbs. ,, ,, ,, | 53 |
| 2lbs. ,, ,, ,, | 20 |
| l1b. ,, ,, ,, half-price | 2 |
| l½lbs. ,, ,, ,, | 13 |
| Not granted | 31 |
| 1,927 |