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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Finsbury 1925
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1925
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The weights of the children at birth are not always known or recorded by the parents. As far as they are known they are given in the following table:—
| Weights at Birth | District No. 1 | District No. 2 | District No. 3 | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | ||||
The fathers were mainly of the working class, and chiefly
labourers, porters, carmen, printers, packers, fitters, street hawkers,
motor drivers, newsvendors, warehousemen and postal employees.
MILK AND/OR DINNERS FOR MOTHERS AND MILK
FOR CHILDREN.
The Council makes grants of milk and/or dinners to nursing
and expectant mothers, and grants of milk to babies under 1 year
and children from 1 to 5 years of age.
The grants are given free or at a reduced cost in conformity
with a scale of income agreed to by the Borough Council and
approved by the Ministry of Health already reported.
The Borough Council reserves the right in particular circumstances
to vary this scale in favour of the applicant, subject to
every case of alteration being specially sanctioned by the SubCommittee.
Each applicant for a grant has to fill up a,nd sign a printed
form of application.