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(c) An account of the difference in the methods
adopted in the working of the Battersea and
Finsbury depots; the conditions contained in the
contract between the Battersea Corporation and
the farmer supplying the milk; the working
methods at the farm which supplies Finsbury's
milk.
(d) Opinion from towns where efforts have been
devoted to obtaining a "clean and pure milk
supply from its source " rather than the establishment
of sterilized or humanized milk depots.
The report was considered by the Sanitary Committee
at their meetings on April 16th and June 30th, who
resolved:—
"That it is not desirable, at the present time, for the
Council to establish a Municipal Milk Depot
within the Borough, and that the Town Clerk be
directed to write the Wimbledon Citizens'
Association and the Wimbledon Division Branch
of the Middle Classes Defence Organisation to
this effect."
This decision was confirmed by the Council at their next
meeting.
Two important Bills on the subject of "pure milk
supply " are promised during the coming session of Parliament,
one by the London County Council to apply to
London, and the other by the President of the Local
Government Board. Although the exact nature of the latter
is not yet public, it is understood that prominent features
will be:—
National and not local treatment of the milk problem.
A stricter, universal and compulsory control of cowsheds,
milk shops and dairies.
South Wimbledon District Nursing Association and the
South Wimbledon Day Nursery.- Both these Institutions
are carrying on a good and increasing work, which must
have an important influence on the public health.
The number of visits paid to patients at their homes
during the year by the Nurses (excluding the School Nurse)
and Midwives of the former Institution amounted to about
4,500, and at the Day Nursery no less than 6,040 attendances
were made by children while their mothers were out at work.
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