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being in attendance at the Ante-Natal Clinics under the
Scheme, are not as a general rule given these preparations
at the Municipal Welfare Centres. The preparations in
use at the Centres are Cod Liver Oil, Cod Liver Oil
Emulsion, Cod Liver Oil and Malt, "Roboleine" and
"Adexolin"
Summary.
(1) The Grants Scheme of the Borough Council is very complete
and every consideration is given to any special circumstances
affecting the family as a whole, special additional grants are made
on the recommendations of the Medical Officers.
(2) The Committee should consider the advisability of providing
designated "Pasteurised" milk.
(3) With a view to securing a more adequate supply of
Vitamin D, the grants to mothers could be revised to include a
supply of Milk, Cod Liver Oil and Malt, "Adexolin," or a dried
milk preparation "Colact" to those in receipt of either Dinners
or Milk.
A special vitamin preparation "Adexolin" in the form of
one capsule per day is now given to all mothers in receipt of Dinners
on the order of the Borough Council, and specially designated
" Pasteurised " milk is provided for all persons receiving wet milk
grants
The Council gave a donation of £10 to the funds of the Home
of Service in connection with the provision of meals to necessitous
mothers and toddlers.
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The total cost of the supply of milk (liquid or dried) in the
financial year 1936-37 was £1,039 3s. 11d. and the net cost
£972 11s. 9d.
During the year 1937, 4,233 grants were made, an average
of 353 per month; 538 families received these grants.
The grants comprised 54,162 pints of milk, 3,520 lbs. of dried
milk, and 59,102 dinners.