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Lambeth 1918

Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1918

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Municipal Milk Depot.
(Inaugurated by the Council, 190J.)
Record of Work carried out during 1918.

202 new infants and children were entered upon the Register and fed, their ages being at the time of commencing the milk :—

Under 3 months929—12 months17
3—6 months56Over 12 months and under 2 years11
6—9 months26
202

Of the 92 infants under 3 months, 9 were aged 14 days or
under.
These 202 infants and children (under 2 years) may be
classified, as to their states of health at the time of being put upon
the milk, as follows :—Healthy, i.e., showing no sign of wasting
or disease, though often below par constitutionally 117, weakly
37, wasting 24, diseased 24. The diseases from which the 24
infants and children were actually suffering at the time of being
put upon the milk were : Hernia 2, rickets, 1, otorrhoea 2, cleft
palate 1, diarrhoea and sickness 1, diarrhoea 2, bronchitis 4. tuberculosis
1, measles 1, whooping cough 1, and indigestion 8.
An average of 132 infants and children (under 2 years) were fed
per week at the Depot, necessitating the distribution for the year of
218,338 bottles of milk mixture, whilst, in addition, milk was also
supplied as follows :—
1. Lambeth Infirmary—using 43,977 bottles of milk
mixture;
2. Lambeth Workhouse—using 3,078 bottles of milk
mixture;
3. Invalids—using 1,554 pint bottles of milk mixture ;
4. Nursing mothers—using 3,430 pint bottles of milk
ture ;
5. Children over 2 years of age—using 1,354 pint bottles of
milk mixture.
A total of 15,901 gallons of milk and 682 pints of cream were
used during 1918.