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90 in September to 150 in January. During the year the percentage
of unemployed applicants for milk for their wives and children has
varied, the lowest being 64 per cent. in August, and the highest 74 per
cent. in December.
The number of expectant and nursing mothers to whom milk
las been supplied varied from time to time during the year, the
Ijwest number being 37, and the highest 66.
The number of children to whom milk has been supplied varied
from 70 to 112.
One expectant and two nursing mothers were supplied with food
during the year.
Since November, 1932, the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee
have in suitable cases, and upon the special recommendation of
the doctors attending the Welfare Centres, granted a free supply of
Cod Liver Oil. The extra cost involved per annum is estimated as
only £6, and Cod Liver Oil is recognised as one of the richest sources
of Vitamins A and D, whose functions are an anti-infective and
pyorrhoea-preventing action in the growth-promoting Vitamin A, and
a tooth calcifying (probably caries-preventing) action in the antirachitic
Vitamin D.