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requested the Borough Council to adopt the scale then in force at
Stepney. This scale, which was ultimately adopted on 27th October, is
as follows:—
No. in
family.
SCALE OF INCOME (after deduction of rent) adopted for applicants
for assistance.
FREE MILK.
Scale per head.
Scale per family.
ASSISTED (Half-Price).
Scale per head.
Scale per family.
s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d.
1 16 0 0 16 0 18 0 0 18 0
2 13 0 1 6 0 14 6 1 9 0
3 10 6 1 11 6 11 6 1 14 6
4 96 1 18 0 10 6 220
5 8 6 2 26 96 276
6 80 280 90 2 14 0
7 80 2 16 0 90 330
8 80 340 90 3 12 0
A further considerable reduction was made upon receipt of the
Ministry of Health's letter, dated 26th August. In this letter was
communicated the decision of the Ministry that for the remaining six
months of the financial year ended 31st March, 1922, the Borough
Council's expenditure in this connection should be equivalent to not
more than 5 per cent, of their expenditure on milk in the year 1st
April, 1920—31st March, 1921, of which expenditure the Ministry
would pay 50 per cent. This great reduction in the amount of money
to be expended precluded much assistance being given in the form of
milk to children, and it was agreed to expend the funds available
primarily in the provision of food and dinners for necessitous expectant
and nursing mothers, as, in the opinion of the Maternity and Child
Welfare Committee, the provision of such food and dinners was of
paramount importance.
Although at a later date it was understood that the Minister of
Health had decided not to proceed further in the matter of this latest
reduction, the Committee did not again expand their scale of assistance
but continued along the lines indicated in the Ministry's letter of 26th
August.
The following statement gives in tabular form an account of the