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and epidemic diarrhoea, and diseases notifiable under the Public
Health Infectious Diseases (London) Regulations, 1927, referred to
the Nursing Associations by the Public Health Department,
Hospitals and general practitioners.

Provision of Milk to Necessitous Expectant and Nursing
Mothers and Children under 5 years of age.
The beneficial influence of grants of milk has been proved
without doubt. During the year the Council reviewed the existing
scheme for the provision of milk to necessitous expectant and
nursing mothers and children under 5 years of age, and decided to
modify the scheme as follows : —
(a) That milk either wet or dried to be supplied upon the
production of a certificate from the Medical Officer of Health or the
Medical Officer of an Infant Welfare Centre recommending the
issue of milk.
(b) That the applicant shall be entitled on the production of a
medical certificate and such application approved by the Maternity
and Child Welfare Committee to receive wet or dried milk as he
or she desires and in the cases of applications for dried milk the
applicant shall be entitled to receive the brand he or she desires.
(c) That in the case of wet milk the milk shall be pasteurised
or humanised milk supplied by a licensed vendor of pasteurised
milk at the home of the applicant; and in the case of dried milk
at the Infant Welfare Centre at which the applicant attends, or at
the Town Hall if more convenient to the applicant.
Midwives.
There were 31 midwives in private practice who notified the
London County Council, the supervising authority for midwives, of
their intention to practise in the Borough during the year. The
number of births attended by midwives was 947 which represents
31.3 per cent, of the total births notified during the year.
The Council requested the Metropolitan Boroughs' Standing
Joint Committee to consider the advisability of Metropolitan