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Grade "A" (Tuberculin Tested) milk forthcoming on the Ist July,
1925, and that all the milkmen fell into line without the slightest
difficulty..
Owing to our propaganda there is a very large sale for this
grade of milk, even in the poorest quarters of Bermondsey.
The price is 1d. a pint more than ordinary milk, but its quality
and keeping qualities are so much superior to those of ordinary
milk, that many mothers of families have come to the conclusion
that it is little, if any, dearer in the long run. A great difficulty
to its further adoption is that a large number of families take
various small quantities of milk, that is, less than half-a-pint,
and it is impossible to get this class of milk in pennyworths and
half-pennyworths. The smallest quantity which is served in
bottles at the present time is a half-pint.
The approximate amount spent on Grade "A' (Tuberculin
Tested) milk for the half year ended 31st December, 1925 was
£1,750.
BIRTH CONTROL.
In January, 1926, I was instructed to bring up a report on
the question of Birth Control. This was raised owing to a
letter dated the previous November from the " Workers' Birth
Control Group," asking that medical advice should be given
at the Maternity and Child Welfare Centres firstly to those
who seek it, and secondly to those who, for medical reasons,
are considered to need such advice.
The views of the Ministry of Health were ascertained on
the matter, and are contained in the following reply: —
" 23rd December, 1925. I am directed by the Minister of
Health to refer to your letter of yesterday's date with regard to
the subject of Birth Control, and in reply to your questions
to state that the Minister has adopted the policy laid down by
his predecessors, which is set out in the following principles:
(1). That the Maternity and Child Welfare Centre should
deal only with the expectant and nursing mother (and infant),
and not with the married or unmarried women contemplating
the application of contraceptive methods;
(2) That it is not the function of an Ante-natal Centre or
Maternity and Child Welfare Centre to give advice in regard