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years sent to the kitchen from the welfare centres. The charge
for an adult's meal is 8d., and for a child's 4d. During the twelve
months the kitchen provided 7,001 meals, 4,145 for adults and
2,856 for children, at a cost of £ 185 15s. 4d, exclusive of the £50
grant. The kitchen has been of great use in the area within easy
reach and while some few cases have been referred to the kitchen,
which is situated at the north end of the borough in the Lambeth
Road, from the centre of the borough, none at all have been able
to avail themselves of it from the southern half of the borough
owing to the distance from their homes. The suggestion of setting
up a second kitchen to meet the needs of the southern half of the
borough has not yet received consideration.
Great care is exercised to ensure that only the necessitous are
given free meals and then only upon the certificate of the medical
officer of their welfare centre.
The kitchen has been visited regularly by the health visitors
and experience has shown that really good well-cooked food has
always been served and has been consumed by the persons for whom
it was intended. The addition of one regular good meal a day
over a period has had a great influence upon the standard of
nutrition and the addition to the diet has done much to ameliorate
the circumstances of the necessitious recipients.
The Council have approved the continuation of the financial
arrangements with the Invalid Kitchens of London for a second
year.
Summary
The table on pages 42 and 43 indicates the scope of the facilities
available under the aegis of the Lambeth Maternity and Child Welfare
Scheme and points to the success of the undertaking as a whole
by the great numbers attending the clinics and in other ways
making use of the diverse facilities provided.
The cost to the Local Authority of the Lambeth Maternity and
Child Welfare Scheme since i ts inception in 1916, and the fall