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are referred to a private doctor, or, if unable to pay, are sent to an
appropriate clinic. Facilities for the treatment of minor ailments
in children under school age are provided at the Stoke Newington
School Treatment Centre, 67, Church Street. This provision fulfils
a want as in necessitous cases where fees for continuous private
treatment cannot be paid.
The chief aims of the Centres are the supervision of the health
of women and children throughout the whole period beginning
with pregnancy and continuing up to the time the child reaches
5 years and passes from the sphere of the Welfare Centre to the
School Medical Service.
Supply ofMilk for Necessitous Cases.— During the financial
year the Milk Applications Committee authorised the distribution
of wet and dry milk to necessitous cases at a cost to the Council of
£374 18s. 5d. A necessitous case is assessed by the Committee as
one in which the total weekly receipts of the family from all sources
amount to less than 10 shillings per head. In the case of a husband
and wife with one child the amount paid in rent is deducted from
the total weekly income in calculating the weekly receipt per head
The distribution of milk is arranged in accordance with the
requirements of the Ministry of Health in this matter, and milk
under the Scheme may be issued free or under cost price to :—
1. Nursing mothers.
2. Expectant mothers in the last three months of pregnancy
3. Children up to 3 years of age, and, in exceptional cases,
to children between the ages of 3 and 5.
The quantity of milk supplied at less than cost price must not
ordinarily exceed one pint per day per person, but, in the case of
infants between 3 months and ]8 months, in exceptional cases,
one and half pints a day may be issued.