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6. That we advertise for a new District Sanitary Inspector, at
a commencing salary of £325, rising by annual increments
of £20 to £425.
" This will bring the staff up to its original strength, and I have
reason to know that an arrangement of this sort would be welcomed
by the Chief Inspector of Foods of the Ministry of Health."
During the year the question of the milk supply, not only the
general milk supply but the milk supply under the Maternity and
Child Welfare Scheme, came under consideration. It was found that
to use " Certified " milk would be too expensive, but an excellent
substitute was found in Grade "A" (Tuberculin Tested) Milk,
which only worked out at Id. per pint dearer than ordinary milk.
Steps were then taken, not only to advertise its good qualities in
the Borough, but also to see that on and after a certain date this
milk only would be supplied by the Council under its Maternity
and Child Welfare Scheme. This was brought to a head by the following
memorandum which was sent to the Maternity and Child Welfare
Committee by Alderman Alfred Salter, M.D., J.P., with regard to
the provision of pure milk to mothers and infants, and as a result,
the following resolutions were adopted by the Council:—
We have had under consideration the following memorandum
from Alderman Salter, M.D., J.P., re the provision of pure milk
for nursing mothers and infants under the Council's Scheme, viz.:—
" During the present year, about £5,000 is being spent by the
Bermondsey Borough Council in supplying milk to mothers and
babies under the provisions of the Maternity and Child Welfare
Act. It is not merely reasonable, but it ought to be deemed essential,
that the Council in disposing of this large sum of money should
ensure that full value is obtained for the expenditure. In other words,
the Council ought to satisfy itself that the milk supplied is really
pure and wholesome and is, in fact, a first-class article of consumption.
The scheme provides that, after due enquiry by the officers and
after authorisation by the Rota Committee, an order for a specified
quantity is sent to the milk vendor in the Borough who is chosen