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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Pancras 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Particulars of the allowances made in each month of the year are given in the following table:—
| FREE. | HALF-PRICE. | COST. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month. | Pints. | +Lbs. (Dried Milk.) | Pints. | +Lbs. (Dried Milk.) | s. | d. | |
| *January | 5600 | 195 | 840 | 30 | 103 | 19 | 6 |
| February | 5320 | 160 | 392 | 35 | 94 | 2 | 6 |
| March | 5124 | 120 | 448 | 25 | 88 | 4 | 0 |
| *April | 5432 | 185 | 476 | 10 | 97 | 6 | 8 |
| May | 4116 | 160 | 308 | 15 | 66 | 5 | 8 |
| June | 4452 | 155 | 308 | 25 | 70 | 9 | 9 |
| *July | 5068 | 215 | 504 | 15 | 83 | 12 | 11 |
| August | 3808 | 140 | 588 | 20 | 62 | 16 | 8 |
| September | 4340 | 150 | 560 | 25 | 79 | 18 | 0 |
| +October | 5180 | 185 | 952 | 35 | 98 | 1 | 9 |
| November | 4200 | 150 | 784 | 25 | 79 | 9 | 10 |
| December | 5684 | 190 | 868 | 30 | 104 | 0 | 4 |
| 58324 | 2005 | 7028 | 290 | £1028 | 7 | 7 | |
5 week months making a year of 53 weeks.
+ 1¾ lbs. of (reconstituted) dried milk powder is equivalent to 7 pints of cow's milk.
In addition to the above, emergency grants, limited to a period of fourteen days, were
made in 264 cases, at a cost of £37 8s. 0d.
The Council passed a resolution in July, 1928, that 7½ per cent. be deducted from the
accounts of all dairymen supplying milk under the scheme to the value of £2 or over monthly.
This has reduced the above total by about £31.
The scale in use in making the grants is based on weekly income and was originally
drawn up by the Council in 1922. It was discontinued in April, 1928, and a new scale
brought into use in consequence of a recommendation by the Minister of Health that the
scale should be brought into accord with the fall in the index figure of the cost of living
The present income scale, below which a family is eligible for an allowance, is shown hereunder
| Number in Family. | After Deduction of Rent. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free. | Half-price. | |||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| One | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 |
| Two | 0 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Three | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| Four | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 3 |
| Five | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 |
| Six | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Seven | 1 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| Eight | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3 |
| Nine | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 0 |
Statements as to income for the purpose of these applications are verified by the
Health Visitors attached to the various Centres. Occasionally an enquiry is made of the
employer in verification of the statement of wages.