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grants made numbered 5,108.These figures show a
considerable increase on those for 1922, when 2,814
grants were made, at an approximate cost of
£912 1s. 2d., and this was no doubt due to the prolonged
unemployment and better knowledge of the
Council's welfare work. Every application for a
milk grant is carefully investigated. The amount
usually given is 1 lb. of dried milk or 7 pints of fresh
milk per week per case.
HYGIENIC CLOTHING.
Although restricted in scope by our limited
accommodation and staff, a good deal of useful work
is being done in the education of the mothers in the
use of more hygienic clothing for themselves and their
children, and there is a ready sale for good models
of garments at the Centres.

It will be seen that the economy of health visitors'
time effected by the use of the new centre has enabled
them to make many more re-visits to babies at home.