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Croydon 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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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. The Borough Council pay for all dried
milks sold below cost price or given free whether ordered at the
Voluntary Centres or at the Municipal Centre. All wet milk
ordered under cost price is also paid for by the Council.
TABLE XIX.
| On Dec. 31st, 1935. | New cases during the year. | Cases discontinued. | On Dec. 31st, 1936. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | 307 | 655 | 663 | 299 | |
| Half-price | 72 | 148 | 136 | 84 | |
| Total | 379 | 803 | 799 | 383 | |
In cases where there has been a change from free milk to
milk at half-price it has been counted as a new case. The year
showed an increase of 4 in assisted milk cases.
The amount of milk granted was 110,715 pints. In 1935 it was 129,591 pints.
| Supplied to Families. | No. of Pints. | Corporation Liability. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £. | s. | d. | ||
| Milk at l½d. pint | 17,774 | 137 | 4 | 8 |
| Milk Free | 92,941 | 1,300 | 4 | 3 |
| 110,715 | £1,437 | 8 | 11 | |
Dried Milks for Year.
I am much indebted to Mrs. Horn, Hon. Secretary of the
Croydon Mothers' and Infants' Welfare Association, for the
figures relating to dried milk sold or given at all the Centres,
with the exception of the Municipal Centre, up to May, 1936There
is an increase from 1935 in the amount of dried milk
free of 1,303 packets; of 4,819 packets obtained at cost price, an
a decrease of 89 packets obtained at half-price.