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Housing in Lambeth.
During 1912, several communications were received by
the Council from the London Workers' National Association,
the Workmen's National Housing Council, the
Moffatt Young Men's Conference and other Bodies, with
reference to alleged insanitary houses (specially named*) to
alleged slums within the Borough, and other matters
dealing with the question of Housing.
*Mancroft Cottages, Dunmow Place, Waxwell Terrace, Finck
Street and 98 York Road.
MUNICIPAL MILK DEPOT.*
The new statistics for 1912 are subjoined.
267 new infants and children were entered upon the
Register and fed, their ages being at the time of commencing
the milk:—
Under 3 months 129 9—12 months 23
3—6 months 67 Over 12 months 19
6—9 months 29 —
267
Of the 129 infants under 3 months, 27 were aged 14
days or under, viz.:—1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 7, 7, 7, 9,
9, 9, 10, 10, 10, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14,
14 and 14 days respectively.
These 267 infants and children 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 sign of wasting
or disease, though below par constitutionally 68, weakly
31, wasting- 124, diseased 44, total 267. The diseases from
which the 44 infants and children were actually suffering
at the time of being put upon the milk were : Diarrhoea 4,
sickness 1, bronchitis 8, pneumonia 4, eczema 1, pulmonary
tuberculosis 1, indigestion 9, convulsions 2, rickets 1,
hernia 2, sickness and diarrhoea 4, measles 3, whooping
cough 2, specific 1, and doubtful (? meningitis) 1.
*The Staff consists of a Manageress (Mrs. Bourke), one permanent
assistant (Miss Violet Berkeley), and one temporary assistant.