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Taking- the value of goods in hand and apparatus at
£5 os. 8¼d. it leaves a net balance of 6s. nd. in favour of the
Depot for the year. The actual cost to the mothers works out
to one penny per day for a child under twelve months old.
Baby's Welcome.
The " Infant Care Association " has also undertaken to
supply a cup of tea to all those attending these afternoon meetings,
the occasion being made more of a social nature than formerly,
the Education Committee having allowed their rooms at the
School Clinic to be used for this purpose since July.
The number enrolled on the books for the year was 160, and
the average attendance being eighteen, a slight improvement on
the previous year.
It is to be regretted that 30 of the mothers only attended
Once, as it is desirable that a continuous record of the infant's
progress should be obtained, so that the best can be done
for it.
Ambulance.
The Ambulance provided by public subscription and horsed
by the Council made 88 journeys during the past year, as against
81 in the previous year, 25 of these being accidents and 63 private
cases. The institutions to which the patients were removed were
mainly the London and Popular Hospitals, the numbers being 29
and 27 cases respectively.
Food and Drugs.
The following are the figures with reference to the Sale of
Food and Drugs Acts :—