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10 It is important that the child should he brought
once a week to he weighed. The depot is open for
this purpose on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from
2.30 to 4 p.m.
11. The presence of infectious disease in a house mu9t
be at once notified to the Medical Officer of Health,
N.B.—The milk should never be used in preference to
mothers' milk, which is the best of all foods for
young infants."
The homes of all the children fed ou this milk are visited
by the Lady Sanitary Inspector.
The result of the milk depots cannot yet be definitely
determined, but there is a growing body of evidence pointing
to their beneficial influence on the Infantile Mortality in the
districts where they have been introduced.
The cost of fitting up a depot is given by Dr. McCleary,
Medical Officer of Health for Battersea, as about £400 in his
Borough; cost of appliances £150, and for fitting up and
altering the premises £250.
He also gives the following table as Expenditure and
Income for the years 1900 to 1904 in St. Helens :—