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The following procedure has been agreed upon between the Borough Council and the
London County Council regarding the provision of extra nourishment to expectant mothers
attending the ante-natal clinics at the London County Council Hospitals:—
(a) In receipt of relief.— Women in receipt of relief who attend the County Council's
ante-natal clinics for examination and advice prior to confinement in the County Council's
Hospitals should normally come under the sole supervision of the County Council during
the ante-natal period, and, except in any particular case in which special arrangements
have been made with the local maternity and child welfare centre, should not be required
to attend the Borough Council's welfare centres for the purpose of obtaining extra nourishment,
as such attendance would involve divided clinical responsibility. It is accordingly
proposed that in these cases any extra nourishment required during the ante-natal period
shall be supplied as relief in kind from the County Council's clinic. After confinement the
nursing mothers will be referred to the Borough Council's welfare centres, with a view to
any extra nourishment required being supplied through such centres. Recommendations
from the welfare centres in respect of the supply of extra nourishment to nursing mothers
(whether or not the mother has previously attended one of the County Council's clinics)
will be dealt with in the same way as similar recommendations in respect of expectant
mothers.
(b) Not in receipt of relief.—Expectant mothers attending ante-natal clinics attached
to the London County Council's general hospitals, who are not in receipt of relief, but are
nevertheless in such financial circumstances as to be unable to bear Ihe cost of such
nourishment, are supplied with extra nourishment on the certificates of the County Council's
medical officers, provided that these cases come within the category of the Borough
Council's scheme.
At the end of 1933 there were 219 families actually in receipt of milk under the
Borough Council's scheme. During 1934, 348 new families were added to the list of
recipients. By the end of that year there were 204 families receiving grants. The total
cost of this scheme in 1932 was £937 : in 1933. £1.086: and in 1934. i.992.
Month.
FREE.
HALF-PKICE.
COST.
Pints.
†Lbs.
(Dried Milk.)
Prints.
†Lbs.
( Dried Milk.)
£ s. d.
January 6300 235 616 15 111 19 10
February 5348 190 224 20 95 0 10
March 4872 155 308 5 74 9 3
*April 5656 185 336 5 89 4 11
May 4564 110 280 10| 67 13 2
June 4592 170 308 10 72 16 2
*July 5236 175 616 30 83 18 10
August 3976 110 504 30 62 9 9
September 4172 95 336 25 62 10 8
*October 5740 170 644 30 103 13 2
November 4592 135 448 10 81 0 5
December 4928 130 616 30 87 10 9
59976 1860 5236 220 £992 7 9
* 5 week months.
† 1½ lbs. of (reconstituted) dried milk powder is equivalent to 7 pints of cow's milk.