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Milk (Mothers and Children) Order.
The table below gives the number of families who were in
receipt of assistance under the provisions of the above-named order
during the year. A revision was made during the year in the previous
arrangement whereby the Voluntary Association stood the cost
of dried milk distributed at the Voluntary Centres below cost price.
The Borough Council now pay for all dried milks sold below cost
price or given free whether it is ordered at the Voluntary Centres or
at the Municipal Centre. All wet milk ordered under cost price
is paid for by the Council.
On Jan. 1st, 1930. New cases during the year. Cases discontinued. On Dec. 31st, 1930.
Free 79 162 122 119
Half-price 23 85 66 42
Total 102 247 188 161
In cases where there has been a change from free milk to milk
at half price it has been counted as a new case.
I am indebted to Mrs. Chambers, who is in charge of the foods
department of the Voluntary Association, for the figures relating to
dried milk sold or given, at all the centres with the exception of
the Municipal Centre. There is a noticeable increase over 1929
under all three headings, the increase being greatest in the amount
of free milk. The increase is also shown in the figures for the
Municipal Centre.