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The supervision of these homes is carried out by the staff of
the Middlesex County Council.
MILK ISSUES.
Milk, fresh or dried, is granted free or at half-cost on the
recommendation of the Clinic Medical Officer to babies and infants
under five years of age, to nursing mothers and to expectant mothers
in the last three months of pregnancy. The amount is usually
limited to one pint daily of wet milk or its equivalent in dried
milk, except where, on the recommendation of the Medical Officer,
in the case of older infants, the permitted amount may be 1½ pints.
Milk orders are issued for one month only, to expire on the last
Saturday of the month. In October it was decided to invite
tenders for the milk contract, with the result that one firm now
supplies the whole area. By a previous decision of the Council
the milk supplied is pasteurized. Apart from fresh or dried milks,
no other foods or medicaments are issued at less than cost price.
The amount granted by the Council has rapidly increased
during the year. In January the number of persons in receipt of
an assisted supply was 64. In February, the first month for which
the Council provided for the whole area, the number was 91. The
increase has been steady month by month, reaching in December
a figure of 236. Of this last number 209 grants were for pasteurized
milk and 27 for packet milk.
CLINIC BUILDINGS.
The Council possesses two clinic buildings erected by the
former Wealdstone Council at the Broadway and at Elmwood
Avenue. During the year, by agreement between the District
Council and the Middlesex County Council, the Broadway Clinic
is now used for school treatment services, namely, minor ailment
clinics and ophthalmic clinics.