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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
mothers' milk, which is the best of all foods for young
infants.
The homes of the infants fed on the milk are visited by a
lady sanitary inspector, who endeavours to secure that the
instructions are properly carried out.
The staff employed at the dep6t consists of a manageress
and five female assistants.
The appliances in use are as follows
One 1-H.P. boiler.
,, sterilising chamber with trolleys.
,, cooling tank.
,, cold storage chamber.
,, bottle-washing machine, with three soaking
tanks and sets of rinsing jets.
,, weighing machine.
,, Ulax strainer.
Two bottle-filling machines.
,, churns, with pails, measures and stirrer.
Wire baskets, bottles and rubber teats.
The initial cost of the depôt was £400; the sum of £250
was spent in alterations to premises, and £150 in appliances.
Since the dep6t was opened, additional alterations have been
carried out on the premises, and the appliances have been
considerably increased.