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52 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
(b) Determinations made of milk-fat in cream sold as Preserved
Cream:—
(1) Above 35 per cent. 27
(2) Below 35 per cent. 0
Total 27
(c) and (d). In each of the 27 samples procured as Preserved
Cream the provisions as to labelling were duly observed,
with the exception of Case No. 537, on which the label
stated 0 40 per cent.
(3) Thickening substances Nil.
(4) Other observations Nil.
Milk and Food.
The Council decided on the nth April, 1918, to supply, under
the Milk (Mothers and Children) Order, milk free of cost to necessitous
expectant and nursing mothers and to children under five years of
age. This scheme came into force on the 1st May, 1918.
All applications are investigated, and should the income per
head after deducting rent, insurance, and travelling expenses of
breadwinner, fall below the scale approved by the Council, viz., 10s.
per week, the milk is supplied up to two pints daily for a nursing or
expectant mother, 11/2 pints for a child under 18 months, and one
pint between the ages of 18 months and five years. Cases in which
the average income is slightly over the scale, and there is need for
extra milk, are referred to the Medical Officer of Health, who
authorises the allowance.
During 1919, 393 families were supplied with free milk at a
cost to the Borough Council of £914 17s. 3d.
Free dinners were also granted to necessitious, expectant and
nursing mothers and to children under five years of age on the same
scale. The necessity for the supply of free dinners was not found
to be very urgent. Eighteen mothers and eight children were so