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Council, as a Sanitary Authority, might strive, and when accomplished,
be justly proud of. To save 50 infantile lives per annum,
not to mention the incalculable amount of ill-health amongst
infants which would be prevented, justifies the expenditure out of
the rates of £3 or £4 per week. The fact that the proposed
Lambeth Depot is already receiving the approval of three large
hospitals, gives every reason for believing that this small expense
may be, in the case of Lambeth, reduced. The Lambeth Guardians
can, and will it is hoped, also assist and materially help the
success of the undertaking.
I estimate that the cost of the installation would be the same as
at St. Helen's (i.e., under £250 as a first outlay for sterilising
plant, stock of bottles, arrangements for washing, rinsing, &c.,
&c.), and the money would, in my opinion, be well invested, even
as an experiment.
Joseph Priestley,
June 15th, 1903. Medical Officer of Health.