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Miss Moss, in charge of the weighing-room at the Latchmere
Baths, reports: "It is very gratifying to report on the sustained
interest in this department of my work, 3,168 weights being
registered. Of them, 1,359 were of children not fed from the
Milk Depot. There is no inducement, other than real interest in
the baby's welfare, to attend. Advice is freely asked, and in the
majority of cases followed."
Miss Moss, in commenting on the fact that there was a decline
in the number of babies using the Depot Milk during 1912,
states: "This is not discouraging in view of the increased
number of mothers who are breast-feeding." The cool, wet
summer of 1912, with a very low incidence of summer diarrhoea
amongst infants, was also a factor in reducing the number of
applications for admission to the Milk Depot, which usually during
the summer months are more frequent than at other periods of
the year.
At the weighing-room at Nine Elms Baths 88 babies attended,
of whom 35 were being visited at their homes, during the year,
and the work there was supervised by Miss Peacock, the number
of weights registered totalling 577.