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Before any case is recommended to the Committee, the Medical Officer of Health must be
satisfied that the supply is necessary on grounds of health. A special medical certificate is also
required in the case of children between 3 months and 18 months where more than 1 pint per
day is required or where any milk is required for children between 3 and 5 years of age. The
existence and duration of pregnancy must be verified by the signature of a doctor or midwife.
Applications for grants are considered in detail by the full Maternity and Child Welfare
Committee sitting as a "Grants" Sub-Committee, meetings being held practically every
fortnight. Pending the sitting of the Sub-Committee the Chairman may authorise emergency
grants. Grants take one or other of the following forms:—
(a) Fresh milk to Expectant or Nursing Mother or a child under 5 years of age (see first
paragraph) on an order issued on the usual dairyman supplying family;
(b) Dried Milk—supplied at the Welfare Centre attended by the infant; and
(c) Dinners (cut from joint, two vegetables and "sweet") to expectant or nursing
mothers partaken at approved restaurants.
The necessary orders are despatched on the evening of the day on which the Sub-Committee
sits, one copy to the tradesmen and one to the grantee. On the latter the following conditions
are printed:—
Milk supplied under this order is to be used only for the mother or child to whom the
milk has been granted. It is not to be given to other members of the family.
The Medical Officer of Health should be informed at once if there be:—
(1) Any rise of wages of any member of the family;
(2) Any increase of pension; or
(3) Any assistance received from the Relieving Officer.
During the year the following quantities of milk were issued to necessitous mothers:—
Fresh Milk 9,306½ quarts.
Dried Milk 388 1bs.
The approximate cost of milk given in this way was £276 5s. 7d.