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Social Workers' Association for the Borough of Finsbury.
INFANTS' MILK DEPOT.
Depot 264, Goswell Road, E.C.
1. All charges for a supply of Modified Milk are payable in advance:—
Per day. Per week.
For infants under 6 months 3d. 1/6
„ „ from 6 to 8 months 3½d. 1/9 6 oz. bottles.
„ „ over 8 months 4d. 2/- 7 oz. bottles.
The Depot is open from 12 to 1 p.m. on weekdays, and from 12.30 to 1.30 p.m.
on Sundays.
2. The milk will be supplied in bottles in a basket. Each bottle contains
sufficient milk for one meal, the amount varying with the age of the child.
Infants under two months receive nine bottles per day ; older children receive
fewer bottles, as they should be fed less frequently.
3. If children are sent for the milk, they must be warned not to tamper
with the stoppers of the bottles. On no account must a bottle be opened until
the infant is ready to be fed.
4. Teats can be bought for 2d. each. The teats must be kept
scrupulously clean ; after use, they should be thoroughly washed in soda and
hot water, then rinsed in cold water, and afterwards placed in a jar of clean cold
water, where they should be kept until required for the next feed. The teat
must be returned each day with the empty bottles.
5. Just before use each bottle should be placed unopened in a basin or jug
of hot water for about five minutes, and warmed. The bottle should then be
opened and the teat put on. The child must be fed at regular intervals, and
fed from these bottles only. On no account should any other feeding bottle be
used.
6. When all the milk in one bottle is not used, the remainder must not be
warmed up again, but a fresh bottle opened for the next meal.
7. On no account should bread or other food be given with the milk.
The milk will be found to be quite sufficient if given regularly.
8. Immediately after use, the bottle should be well rinsed in cold water.
9. Full value will be charged for all bottles, baskets, stoppers, &c., not
returned to the Depot.
10. The child must be brought once a fortnight to be weighed, on
Wednesdays at 2.30 p.m.