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Municipal Milk Depot and Infants Consultations Centre.
(.Municipal Milk Depot, inaugurated by the Council 1903.)
Record of Work carried out during 1923.*
196 new infants and children were entered upon the Register
and fed, their ages being at the time of commencing the milk :—
Under 3 months 91 9-12 months 15
3—6 months 35 Over 12 months and
6—9 months 32 under 2 years 23
Total 196
Of the 91 infants under 3 months, 30 were aged 14 days or
under.
These 196 infants and children (under 2 years) may be classified,
as to their states of health at the time of being put upon the
milk, as follows :—Healthy, i.e., showing no sign of wasting
or disease, though often below par constitutionally, 149, weakly
31, wasting 9, diseased 7. The diseases from which the 7
infants and children were actually, or had recently been, suffering
at the time of being put upon the milk were colic 1, diarrhœa and
sickness 4, teething 1, and indigestion 1.
An average of 221 infants and children (under 2 years) were fed
per week at the Depôt, necessitating the distribution for the year of
172,490 bottles of milk mixture (11,671½ gallons), whilst, in addition,
milk was also supplied as follows:—
1. Lambeth Hospital—using 9,678 bottles of milk mixture
(1,210½ gallons) ;
2. Invalids—using 221 pint bottles of milk mixture (275/8
gallons) ;
3. Nursing mothers—using 6,653 pint bottles of milk
mixture (8315/8 gallons) ;
4. Expectant mothers—using 532 pint bottles of milk
mixture (66½ gallons) ;
5. Children over 2 years of age—using 3,299 pint bottles
of milk mixture (4123/8 gallons).
A total of 12,882 gallons of milk and 51l½ pints of cream were
used during 1923, distributed in 182,168 bottles.
* The decrease in the work carried out at the Milk Depot is chiefly due
to the Ministry of Health having stopped the grants, except in necessitous
cases, and to cover rent and maintenance costs connected with the Infants
Consultations that are held at the Depot.