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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Barking 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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Particulars of amounts used are provided by the following table:—
| Cost Price, (lbs.) | Reduced Price, (lbs.) | Free, (lbs.) | Total, (lbs.) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glaxo (Full Cream) | 3,331 | 45 | 265 | 3,641 |
| Gtaxo (Half Cream) | 2 | — | — | 2 |
| Glaxo (Humanised) | 50 | — | — | 50 |
| Ambrosia | 2,728 | 45 | 203 | 2,976 |
| Cow and Gate | 10,048 | 75 | 935 | 11,058 |
| frufood | 12 | — | — | 12 |
Fresh milk is supplied free and at reduced price to necessitous mothers and children, particulars of which are supplied by the following table:—
| No. of pints supplied at reduced price. | No. of pints supplied free. | Total. | Total cost of milk supplied. | Council's liability in respect of fresh milk supplied. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | 9. | d. | £. | s | d. | |||
| 2,050 | 16,373 | 18,423 | 249 | 9 | 7 | 235 | 12 | 0 |
Although it is gratifying to record the general increase in
natural as distinct from bottle feeding throughout the country,
there is still a great deal of unnecessary bottle feeding practiced.
There are, however, many formidable obstacles in the path of
natural feeding advocates, and one of the most serious is that
commonly known as vested interests. The manufacture of dried
milk has become an extensive and lucrative one in which much
capital is invested and one of the principal sources from which
interest on this capital can accrue is the mother of the family
of one or more children. No time in many instances is lost in
bringing to the notice of a young mother after the birth of her
child the virtues of one or more brands of dried milk. A circular