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session will be necessary to deal with all the cases requiring
attention.
Milk (Mothers and Children) Orders, 1918-1919.—
Under these Orders the Council has continued to supply
milk to necessitous cases, each case being investigated,
especially as to the financial position, before a supply is
granted.
10,749 lbs. of dried milk and 21,863 quarts of raw milk
were distributed during the year.
The number of applications for free milk has averaged
60 per week during the year. The total expenditure during
the year was approximately £1,165 6s. 7d.
The amount of dried milk distributed during the year
increased by 867 lbs., raw milk increased by 8,372 quarts.
There was an increased cost of approximately £338 16s. 4d.
due to the Council's decision to revise the scale by allowing
deductions for fares, insurance and furniture on hire up
to 7s. 6d. per week, and the supply of milk at half price.
The distribution of this free milk continues to be an
inestimable boon, and has, without doubt, contributed very
largely to the improved condition of the children
generally.
Half-Price Milk.—During the year the Council extended
the scheme for the supply of milk to mothers and children
by authorising the sale of milk at half price to those coming
within the scale approved by the Council.
By this means the Public Health Department and the
Maternity and Infant Welfare Centres are able to keep in
close contact with these cases, and at the same time
mothers have been able to obtain a proper supply of milk
for their children which they could not have done otherwise.
The distribution of dried milk continued to be made
through the Infant Welfare Centres. The mothers attend
with their babies and obtain their supplies on presenting
an order issued from the Public Health Department. This
encourages the mothers to attend the Centres where they
can obtain advice both with regard to themselves and their
children.