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Holborn 1925
Report for the year 1925 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Child Welfare Committee meeting fortnightly for the purpose. Where grants are
made the cases are reviewed by the Sub-Committee at intervals not exceeding
one month.
During the year 229 applicants received free or assisted milk under the
Scheme. This number included 111 who were receiving such assistance at the
end of the year 1924. Grants were made in 118 new cases. At the end of the
year 1925, 121 cases were receiving assistance, viz., free milk 86, milk at half.
price 20, prepared milk free 14, half-price 1.
The following table shows new cases assisted in 1925:—
| Milk. | Prepared Milk. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free. | Part Cost. | Free. | Part Cost. | |
| Expectant Mothers | 14 | 1 | — | — |
| Nursing Mothers | 84 | 3 | — | — |
| Children | 35 | 2 | 26 | 3 |
The following table shows the cases assisted in the five years 1021-25:—
| Year. | Milk. | Other Food. | Prepared Milk. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free. | Part Cost. | Free. | Part Cost. | Free. | Part Cost. | |||||||||
| Expectant Mothers. | Nursing Mothers. | Children. | Expectant Mothers. | Nursing Mothers. | Children. | Expectant Mothers. | Nursing Mothers. | Children.; | Expectant Mothers. | Nursing Mothers. | Children. | Children. | Children. | |
| 1921 | 23 | 62 | 80 | 3 | 30 | 36 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 16 |
| 1922 | 21 | 61 | 47 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 |
| 1923 | 14 | 42 | 41 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 |
| 1924 | 27 | 35 | 52 | 4 | 6 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 11 |
| 1925 | 14 | 34 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | 3 |
| Total years | 99 | 234 | 255 | 11 | 64 | 61 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 90 | 39 |
Home Help.
The Council's Home Help attended 29 cases during the year in comparison
with 29 in the year 1924. In 12 of these the whole-time officer attended entirely
and in 14 she attended during the earlier part of the lying-in period, being replaced