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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
Brentford and Chiswick 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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SUPPLY OF MILK AND FOOD.
| Terms of supply | Milk | Meals supplied at Dining Centres. | Other Food. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expectant Mothers. | Nursing Mothers. | Children under 5 years of age. | Ecpect ant Mothers, | Nursing Mothers. | Children under 5 years of age. | Expectant Mothers. | Nursing Mothers, | Children under 5 years of age | |
| Free, or at less than cost price, in necessitous cases. | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO | NO | YES | YES | \ YES |
| Atcost price in other cases (e.g.,sale of dried milk at Centres). | yes | YES | YES | NO | NO | NO | YES | YES | YES |
* Cod liver oil and malt, Virgl, Bemax; etc.
Total quantity of milk supplied during the year to expectant and nursing mothers and young children;
Liquid Milk Dried Milk
(i) by the Council gallons gallons
598 10,093
(ii) by Voluntary Associations operating in the area of the Nil Nil
Council. -
TOTALS 598 10,093