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Maternity and Child Welfare.
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home-help and milk were provided by the Council
during her illness.
All the cases were investigated by the health visitors,
but nursing on their part was not required.
11. Dental treatment and provision of Artificial
Dentures.—Ten expectant or nursing mothers received
dental treatment at the School Clinic. Two received
artificial dentures one mother paying the whole of the
cost £2 12s. 6d. by instalments, the other on account
of her circumstances paying only 10s. of the total cost
of £5 12s. 6d.
12. Provision of milk for expectant and nursing
mothers and for children under 5 years of age. Under the
Milk (Mothers and Children) Order, 1918, milk was
supplied in the manner indicated in a previous section
of the Report to expectant and nursing mothers in
necessitous circumstances. The extent of this provision
was as follows :
27 mothers received 1 pint of milk for 1 month
12 „ „ H pints „ „ „
6 „ „ 2 „ „ „
4 „ „ 1 „ „ „
4 „ „ 1½ „ „ 2 months
1 „ „ 1½ „ „ 3 „
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Under the same Order the amount of milk supplied to
children under 5 years of age was as follows :
25 children received 1 pint of milk for 1 month
18 1½ Pints
2 „ „ 1 „ „ 2 months
6 „ „ 1½ „ „ 2
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