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Maternity and Child Welfare.
In addition to this supply of milk through the dairyman,
dried milk was supplied in nine cases, the amount
supplied being two pound packets per week over a
period of one month in eight cases, and over a period
of two months in one case.
Altogether there were 306 applications for a free supply
of milk. In 294 cases a free supply was granted, but
in 12 the application could not be acceded to on account
of the income of the parents being above the amount
sanctioned by the Council, viz., 8s. 6d. per head per
week, after deducting rent, insurances, and railway fares.
The number of cases dealt with shows a great increase
over the previous year, which increase is accounted for
by unemployment, in which Ealing has shared with the
rest of the country.
13. Treatment of Diseases of Women.—Although no
definite arrangements have been made between the Council
and the King Edward Memorial Hospital with regard
to the treatment of women suffering from abnormal
conditions resulting from child-birth, four cases were
received for treatment from the Welfare Centre, all of
which required operative treatment.
Arrangements for the Care of the Child.
1. Visiting of Infants and Children under five years
of age.—Under the Notification of Births Act, 1907,
there were notified during the year 1,465 births, of
which 37 were still-births. There were 50 failures to
notify, the father, doctor and nurse in each case being
informed of the failure to comply with the provisions
of the Act.