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OBSTETRICAL CONSULTANTS.
The Council has a panel of five Obstetrical
Consultants, who may be called in by any general
practitioner in any midwifery case which presents
difficulty or abnormality. Only two consultations took
place during the year.
PROVISION OF MILK FOR NECESSITOUS
MOTHERS AND CHILDREN.
Milk is given in the following cases:—
(a) Expectant mothers during the last three
months of pregnancy.
(b) Nursing mothers.
(c) Children up to three years, also in exceptional
cases children between three and five years
of age.
The quantity of milk authorised does not exceed
one pint per day except in the case of children between
3 months and 18 months where a special medical
certificate is furnished, and in which case as much
as 1½ pints per day may be authorised.
A full account of the procedure in dealing with
applications for milk grants was given in the annual
report for 1924.
There were 99 sessions for dealing with applications
for milk grants.
During the year the following quantities of milk
were issued to necessitous mothers:—
Grade A (Tuberculin Tested) Milk 7,983 galls.
Dried Milk 18,805 lb.
Condensed Milk 354 tins
together with drugs, etc. The approximate cost of
milk given in this way was £2,364.