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income ranging from 1s. 7d. per head to 5s. 6d. per head
for food, clothing, etc.
I quote the following which appeared in " The Lancet "
under the pen of Dr. G. P. Growden, M.Sc., M.R.C.S.
Eng., in an article on " The Minimum Cost of Physiologically
Adequate Diets for Working-Class Families":—
" Information has been collected from various sources
in order to determine the minimum cost of providing
an adequate, well-balanced, varied, and physiologically
sound diet per unit man-value per week, and, with this
figure as a basis, the minimum cost of adequate food per
week for families of varying size has been calculated.
The sum of 7s. per week per man-value appears to be
the absolute minimum of expenditure on food under the
best possible conditions of household management and
economic purchasing by the mother at the present
time."
It is therefore seen that the amount of money left in
many of these families, after paying present day rent, is
insufficent to provide a physiologically adequate diet to
maintain the health of the family.
Circumcisions.—During the year the Hammersmith
Infant Welfare Association decided to discontinue the
Circumcision Session.
Arrangements were made for these cases to be referred
by the Medical Officers at the Infant Welfare Centres to
the West London Hospital.
This scheme commenced in October, 1931. Seventeen
cases were dealt with during the quarter ending
December, 1931.
The Council pays a fee of 2s. 6d. per case to the Hospital
Authorities.