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While it does not admit of statistical measurement,
there can be little doubt that the Council's provision of
milk for necessitous mothers and children has been
an important contributing factor to the improved
standard of child life in the borough. The milk provides
much needed increased resistance to the debilitating
effects of over-crowding, noise and dirt, deficiency
of sunlight and air, and the other concomitants of
poverty in a congested urban area. Its value in better
health far outweighs its modest cost in cash.
SUPPLY OF DRIED MILKS, Etc.
Considerable use is made of the Council's Centres
for the sale to mothers and infants of dried milks
of various brands, labelled specially to the Council's
directions to avoid the use of trade names. The
following quantities of milk were sold:—
Dried Milk 14,392 lb.
Condensed Milk 68 tins
HYGIENIC CLOTHING.
Although restricted in scope by our limited
accommodation and staff, a good deal of useful work
is being done in the education of the mothers in the
use of more hygienic clothing for themselves and their
children, and there is a ready sale for good models
of garments at the Centres.
SPECIAL CLINIC FOR DELICATE CHILDREN.
Since 1925, a Special Consultation Clinic for
Delicate Children has been in operation at the Centre,
conducted by Dr. Helen M.M. Mackay, M.D., M.R.C.P.
Medical Officers at the Infant Consultations observing
children whose conditions require special investigation,
or on whom they desire a second opinion, refer such
children to the Special Clinic. An important feature
of the Clinic is artificial light treatment by means of
a quartz mercury vapour lamp, Dr. Mackay having