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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lambeth 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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| Week ending. | Number of Infants on the Register. | Number of Bottles distributed. Sundry Persons | Number of Bottles distributed, Guardians. |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 5 | 68 | 3098 | 24 |
| „ 12 | 66 | 3122 | - |
| „ 19 | 69 | 3130 | - |
| „ 26 | 67 | 2989 | |
| October 3 | 68 | 3227 | - |
| „ 10 | 73 | 3444 | - |
| „ 17 | 81 | 3941 | - |
| „ 24 | 81 | 3570 | - |
| „ 31 | 74 | 3054 | - |
| November 7 | 80 | 3696 | - |
| „ 14 | 81 | 3619 | - |
| „ 21 | 85 | 3885 | - |
| „ 28 | 86 | 3913 | - |
| December 5 | 89 | 4466 | - |
| „ 11 | 78 | 3831 | 54 |
| „ 19 | 79 | 3640 | 126 |
| „ 26 | 79 | 3836 | 126 |
| Totals (52 weeks) | 3841 | 176901* | 2700 |
The net expenditure upon the maintenance of the Milk
Depot, during the year 1908, is stated by the Borough Accountant
to have been £283 16s. 7d., viz.:—
(a) Expenditure £597 4 1
(b) Income £313 7 6
i.e., Expenditure in excess of
Income £283 16 7
*The numbers of bottles distributed during 1908, (a total of 179601) were
used for the feeding of children (under 2 years) but also include 2142 for
17 nursing mothers (varying from 6 to 98 days), 858 for 2 invalids (varying
from 14 to 77 days), 558 for 9 children over 2 years of age (varying from
7 to 35 days), and 333 lor the fnfants and children in the Creche at
the Olympia Exhibition (from October 9th, to October 24th 1908)
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