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Supply of Milk 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
£1,203 5s. 7d. 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 18 months, in exceptional cases, one
and half pints a day may be issued.
Convalescent Home Treatment.—During the year grants in
aid of Convalescent Home Treatment amounting to £3 18s. 2d.
were made by the Council in respect of one mother and three children.
Provision of Maternity Beds in Hospitals.—The Council
adopted the following scheme by which maternity patients may be
admitted to the Mothers' Hospital, Clapton.
That the Council pay the sum of one guinea in respect of each
necessitous case admitted from the Borough.
A necessitous case is defined as one who, by reason of poverty
or other causes, is unable to pay for the treatment received, an
amount equal to one-half the average cost per patient of the maintenance
and administration charges. Last year the cost per inpatient
was £9 9s. 8¼d.
During the year the Council paid the sum of £5 5s. respecting
5 cases admitted to the Hospital under the above arrangement.
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