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formerly known as the Bethnall House Asylum for the
purpose of a Maternity and Child Welfare Centre.
At the end of the year the necessary work was actively
in progress, and it is hoped that the new Centre will
be open in the early part of 1922. The increased
accommodation and improved arrangements which
will be available at Bethnall House will enable the
Council to dispense with three of the existing Centres,
and will greatly add both to the efficiency and the
economy with which this important work is carried on.
SUPPLY OF MILK FOR MOTHERS AND
CHILDREN.
This subject has been frequently under discussion
during the year. For some years, in pursuance of the
recommendations of the Ministry of Health, frequently
repeated, the Council has arranged for the supply of
milk and food for necessitous, expectant and nursing
mothers, and of milk for young children. Considering
the circumstances of the borough, the expenditure on
this service has been extremely moderate. Grants have
been made by the Public Health Committee only after
enquiry into the family circumstances, and the methods
by which the milk has been distributed from the
Centres or through the local tradesmen, have been the
subject of careful supervision.
Arising out of the Ministry of Health's Circular
185, of the 31st March, 1921, the Council revised the
scheme for making grants of milk to necessitous
mothers on the lines indicated by the Ministry. These
included certain restrictions as to the quantity of milk
which might be granted to mothers and children and