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Battersea 1905
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1905
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Infants Milk Depot.
The Infants Milk Depot is situated at 28 York Road, and
from this central depot where the preparation and bottling
of the milk takes place, the milk is conveyed to two additional
distributing depots, one at the Health Office in the Municipal
Buildings, and the other at the Public Library in Lurline
Gardens. There are thus three places in the Borough where
the milk may be obtained. The total number of children fed from
the dep6t during the year 1905 was 709. Of these, 681 were
resident in Battersea, and the remaining 28 in the neighbouring
Boroughs of Wandsworth, Lambeth and Chelsea. Of the 709
children fed during 1905, 207 were already on the books of the
depot at the beginning of the year, so that the number of
children who began to be fed during the year was 502.
The ages of the children when admitted to the depôt were as follows:—
| Under 1 week. | Over 1 week and under 1 month. | Over 1 month and under 3 months. | Over 3 months and under 6 months. | Over 6 months and under 9 months. | Over 9 months and under 12 months. | Over 12 months. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 96 | 282 | 177 | 68 | 21 | 24 |
The length of time during which these children were fed
from the depôt up to December 31st, 1905, is given below. It
should be said, however, that a considerable number of the
children were still taking the milk at the beginning of 1906, and
as some of these began late in 1905, the following table understates
the usual periods during which children continue to be
fed from the depôt.