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During the year 1937, 2,736 applications were considered and grants were made in 2,612
cases. 1,563 of the applications were from unemployed as against 1,394 during the previous
year. The distribution of pints of fresh milk and pounds of dried milk for the year is shown
in the following figures.
FREE.
HALF-PRICE
COST.
Month.
Pints.
†Lbs.
(Dried Milk.)
Pints.
†Lbs.
(Dried Milk.)
£ s. d.
January
February
March
April
*May
June
July
* August
September
*October
November
December
6636
5656
5012
5180
5740
4732
4620
4928
4312
7000
6188
5572
215
195
135
115
120
125
165
150
165
200
170
180
490
518
462
336
434
322
322
378
364
518
504
672
20
27
30
25
33
30
27
53
35
30
40
33
122 0 8
107 3 9
92 10 11
91 4 7
88 18 6
75 2 5
76 12 3
81 18 9
83 12 2
128 13 9
121 5 0
113 19 7
Total
65576
1935
5320
383
£1183 2 4
* 5 week months making a year of 52 weeks.
† 1¼ lbs. of (reconstituted) dried milk powder is equivalent to 7 pints of cow's milk.
In addition to the above, emergency grants, limited to a period of fourteen days, were
made in 292 cases, at a cost during the year of £42 19s. 1d.
A deduction of 7½ per cent, is made from all accounts of dairymen supplying milk
under the scheme to the value of £2 or over monthly. This has reduced the total cost by
about £35, which should be deducted from the above figures.
The scale in use in making the grunts is based on weekly income and was originally
drawn up by the Council in 1922. It was discontinued in April, 1928, and a new scale
brought into use in consequence of a recommendation by the Minister of Health that the
scale should be brought into accord with the fall in the index figure of the cost of living.