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NUTRITION.
Assisted Milk Supply.
As it is a, condition of grant that the mothers or infants must
attend the Authority's Centres—unless when unable to attend,
in which ease the home is visited by a Health Visitor—all mothers
and infants in receipt of milk free or at reduced price are under
medical supervision.
MILK SUPPLY, 1931-1935.
Pints of
Fresh Milk.
Packets of
Dried Milk.
Cost to Council
Year.
£
s.
d.
1931
65,149
2,006
944
13
4
1932
88,002
758
1,143
5
5
1933
87,149
645
1,119
11
6
1934
64,727
498
845
9
9
1935
63,192
762
862
13
5
Applicants Granted Free Milk During 1935.
January 162
February 192
March 179
April 165
May 168
June 157
July 153
August and September 173
October 158
November 65
December 147
Meals for Expectant and Nursing Mothers.
In May, 1933, the Maternity and Child Welfare Authority
decided that application be made to the Ministry of Health for
sanction to provide extra nourishment in the form of eggs, vegetables
and fruit for expectant and nursing mothers in cases where the
Medical Officer of Health is satisfied that such extra nourishment is
advisable on medical grounds, the same scale of necessity to be
applied as that in operation in connection with the assisted milk
supply. As no adequate facilities exist in the area for the provision
of meals at feeding centres the Local Authority proposed that the
articles of diet recommended by the Medical Officer should be
purchased by means of vouchers.