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When the Cornwall Hostel was closed, as a voluntary Institution,
and pending its being re-opened as part of the St. Thomas's Hospital
administration, negotiations were commenced with the Belgrave
Hospital for Children to receive, as in-patients, as might be required,
ailing Lambeth infants and children recommended by Welfare Centres
through their respective medical officers. Other Hospitals within the
Borough and outside the Borough at present deal also with similar
cases, or will do so in the future, as well as St. Thomas's Hospital.
Municipal Milk DepOt and Infants Consultations Centre.
(Municipal Afilk Depot, inaugurated by the Council 1903 )
Record of Work carried out during 1924.*
139 new infants and children were entered upon the Register and
fed, their ages being at the time of commencing the milk :—
Under 3 months 47 9-12 months 17
3-6 months 36 Over 12 months and
6-9 months 17 under 2 years 22
Total 139
Of the 47 infants under 3 months, 13 were aged 14 days or
under.
These 139 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 signs of wasting or disease, though
often below par constitutionally, 71 ; weakly 33, wasting 17, diseased 18.
The diseases from which the 18 infants and children were actually, or
!iad recently been, suffering at the time of being put upon the milk were
diarrhoea and sickness 2, teething 1, indigestion 2, measles 1, Rickets 1,
bronchitis 2, hernia 2, abscesses 2, ulcerated mouth 1, whooping
cough 1, pneumonia 1, eczema 1, and gastritis 1.
An average of 136 infants and children (under 2 years) were fed
per week at the Depot, necessitating the distribution for the year ot
135,800 bottles of milk mixture (7,547½ gallons), whilst, in addition,
milk was also supplied as follows :—
1. Lambeth Hospital—using 8,684 bottles of milk mixture
(1,085½ gallons);
2. Invalids—using 26 pint bottles of milk mixture ( ¾gallon);
* The decrease in the work carried out at the Milk Depot is chiefly due to the
Ministry of Health having stopped the grants, except (a) in necessitous cases, and
•(//) to cover rent and maintenance costs connected with the Infants Consultations
that are held at the Depot.