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Hendon 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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fact remains that this comparison of the death rate among
infants who attended the Centres, with the general Infant
Mortality Rate, works out year after year very much in favour
of the infants who attend the Centres and it is only reasonable
to suppose that some of the credit belongs to the Centres.
I repeat the following sentence from my last year's report
as I consider it of great importance:-
Above all, I consider that these Clinics are acting
as educational centres and that the effect of their teaching
will in time spread far beyond the individual
mothers and children who attend."
ASSISTED MILK SUPPLY TO NECESSITOUS MOTHERS
AND INFANTS.
The following is the income scale adopted for this
purpose:-
TABLE XVI.
| Number in family. | Scale of income per head of family after deducting rent. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For a supply of milk free of charge. | For a supply of milk at half cost price. | |||
| 1 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 2 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 4 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 or over | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
The father, mother and children and other dependants
living at home should be reckoned as members of the family.
Children who are living at home but earning wages should
be treated as lodgers and not as members of the family.
The amount paid by the lodgers less 10/- per week, should
be counted as income.
Any case outside the scale will be specially considered on
its merits by the Committee.