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7. On no account should bread be given with the milk.
1 he milk will be found quite sufficient if given regularly.
8. After using, the bottle should be thoroughly rinsed in
cold water.
9. Breakages will be charged for at the rate of id.
per bottle, and damage to baskets must be made good. All
bottles, baskets and rubber rings not returned to the Depot
will be charged full value.
10. The child should be brought once a fortnight to be
weighed.
11. The presence of infectious disease in a house must
be at once notified to the Medical Officer of Health.
N.B.—The milk should never be used in preference to
mother's milk, which is the best of all foods for young infants.
When the Depôt was first opened, a uniform charge
of is. 6d. per week was made, but it was found that this
amount barely covered the cost of the milk in the case of the
older children, and in December the charge for infants between
six and eight months old was raised to is. 9d. per week, and
for children over eight months to 2s. per week. An extra
6d. per week is now charged for children living outside
Battersea. An arrangement has been made with the Board
of Guardians, whereby the Relieving Officer is empowered to
issue weekly orders for milk in lieu of giving money in outdoor
relief.
The milk is given out from the central station, 28 York
Road, and at the Municipal Buildings, the Public Baths and
the Branch Libraries.
There has been a good demand for the milk from the
first. At the end of the year, 360 children were being fed
on the milk, and the number has since increased to 400.
The premises at York Road are too small to deal with any
material increase in the demand.
When the Depôt was opened, the staff consisted of the
Manageress and one assistant, who have rooms above the