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Infants Milk Depot.
Many requests for information as to the methods upon
which the Depot is conducted were received during the
year from the officers and members of other authorities, and
from other persons at home and abroad who were interested
in the subject. In order to supply such information in a
convenient form, the following memorandum was prepared by
the Medical Officer of Health, by order of the Health
Committee:—
MEMORANDUM.
In June, 1902, the Battersea Borough Council opened a
depot for the supply of specially prepared milk for infants
whose mothers are unable to suckle them.
The milk is obtained from a herd of tuberculin-tested cows
on a farm which is from time to time inspected by the Medical
Officer of Health. Shortly after being drawn from the cow, the
milk is strained and cooled down to 40°F., and it is sent direct
to the depot in sealed churns. The following is a list of
the conditions under which the milk is supplied by the
contractor:—
The Contractor shall supply milk which must contain not less
than 3.25 per cent. of butter fat and 8.75 per cent. of solids
not fat, and cream which must contain not less than 50 per
cent. of butter fat; and the milk and cream must be free
from chemical preservatives or colouring matter, and be
drawn from healthy cows only.
The Contractor shall deliver the milk and cream in sealed
churns or cans to the Council's Depot, No. 28 York Road,
before 8 a.m. every morning, Sunday excepted.