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[1930
THE MILK SCHEME FOR NECESSITOUS EXPECTANT AND NURSING
MOTHERS AND CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS OF AGE.
During the year 1930, the sum expended in the provision of fresh and dried
milk for necessitous, expectant and nursing mothers, and children under five years
of age, amounted to £1,945 0s. l½d., as against £1,190 14s. 4½d. in 1929. The
total amount expended since the Order came into operation in 1918 is
£53,091 8s. 9d.
The total recipients during the year numbered 7,067, and the quantity of milk
supplied to them was equal to 157,332 pints (19,666½ gallons).
DISTRIBUTION OF MILK TO NECESSITOUS MOTHERS AND
CHILDREN.
A modified Scale of income was adopted by the Council 26th July, 1929
(subject to approval of Ministry of Health), and operating from 1st August, 1929,
as follows:—
Per head.
6/- a week and under, after allowance for rent, Free.
6/1 to 7/5 a week, after allowance for rent, Quarter cost.
7/6 to 8/- a week, after allowance for rent, Half cost.
Children living at home and earning not to be counted as members of the
family for the purposes of the scale.
Discretionary power given to the Milk Sub-Committee to deal with applications
for milk where the gross family income is £3 a week or more.