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The milk is supplied only to infants recommended bymedical
practitioners, hospitals, and midwives, and in all other
cases only after satisfying the Medical Officer of Health that
they are suitable. The great majority of the infants fed reside
in the Borough, but in a few suitable cases the milk is supplied
for infants in adjoining districts, under similar conditions, and
at a slight additional charge. The price charged to residents
in the Borough is as follows :—
Under 6 months 1 week's supply 1s. 6d.
6 to 12 months 1 week's supply 2S. 0d.
12 months and over 1 week's supply 2S. 6d.
Ninepence extra is charged for a week's supply, in addition
to the above prices, to persons residing outside of the Borough.
As soon as the applicant is registered on the books of the
Depôt, the parents or guardians pay the necessary price, and
a card, stating the conditions under which the milk is supplied,
is handed to them. These conditions require that
the milk shall be given in accordance with the instructions
printed on the card, and that no alteration shall be made, or any
other food given, except under medical advice. The family
history of the child, and all other particulars, are then entered
in the record book.
As soon as possible after the child has been admitted to
the Milk Depot, it is visited in its own home. The mother is
given instructions in the rearing and management of the child,
and endeavours are made to induce her to bring her baby to the
weighing room once a week, or fortnight, to be weighed. In
the majority of instances these are successful, and it is both
gratifying and surprising to find what a very large number are
regularly brought to the weighing room each week for this
purpose. In this way it is possible to exercise a regular supervision
over the majority of the infants fed from the Milk Depot.
Much credit is due to Miss Moss for the success she has
attained in this respect. The infant is duly weighed in a comfortable
room at the Latchmere Road Baths—a very central