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Year
1947.
+ MILK SCHEME (MATERNITY & CHILD WELFARE). No applications
for free milk were received. 592 packets of dried milk
were sold at the special reduced prices.
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+ DISTRIBUTION OF COD LIVER OIL AND FRUIT JUICES. The
arrangements made in 1941 with the Local Deputy Food
Officer continued to operate.
+ DAY NURSERY, The Day Nursery in Tidey Street continued
to function.
Throughout the period there was a long list of
children awaiting admission.
No outbreak of illness which would necessitate the
temporary closure of the Nursery occurred.
+ HOME AND DOMESTIC HELP SCHEME. The schame continued
in operation.
+ NURSING IN THE HOME. Grants were made by the Poplar
Borough Council to two Nursing Societies in respect of
the six months to 50th June, 1948, when the arrangements
were taken over by the London County Council.
+ PROVISION OF INSULIN FOR DIABETICS. Under the Council's
Scheme liability for the cost of providing insulin was
accepted for one new case.
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