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Weekly medical consultations* with mothers were held at the
Dept, the babies being weighed, the weights and other details
tabulated in the Register, whilst the babies were visited also at
their homes by the Health Visitors as required.
The most conclusive proof of the value of a Milk Depot, in
so far as the infants and children fed are concerned, is to be found
in the medical histories of individual cases, which show again and
again, in the case of the Depot, that those infants and children
who appear to' be seriously ill and wasting, if not moribund, as
the result of improper or irregular feeding, at the time of commencing
the milk, actually recover and become strong and healthy.
The educational value, too, of a Milk Depot must not be
lost sight of.
The Milk (Mothers and Children) Order, 1918 and the Local
Authorities (Food Control) Order (No. 1), 1918 were in force
throughout the Borough during 1918, from February 8th, when
the Orders were issued, part of the milk being supplied from the
Depot.
DEATHS, 1918.
The total number of deaths registered is 6,310. The deaths of
all members of the armed forces of this or other countries, are excluded
and not only the deaths of those dying in Institutions as
indicated in various tables throughout the body of the Report and
in the special tables I. and III. of the Local Government Board (vide
Appendix).
All death rates for 1918 are calculated upon civil population
(estimates).
1.—General Death-Rates.
The uncorrected death-rate for Lambeth is 24.05 per 1,000
nhabitants. This rate is, however, uncorrected, and, on analysing
the 6,310 total deaths registered, it is found that 2,158 represent
deaths occurring within the Borough amongst persons not
belonging thereto. These deaths are to be deducted, but, on the
other hand, there are 796 deaths registered outside the Borough of
persons belonging thereto, and these must be added, giving a net
corrected number of deaths of 4,948, and a net corrected death-rate
of 18.9 per 1,000 inhabitants, the increase being chiefly due to the
"In connection with the Infants consultations at the Milk Depot, the
Local Government Board has again given a financial grant in aid for the
year 1918-19.