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During 1937, the suggestions in Circular 1519 of the Ministry
of Health, dated 1st April, 1937, dealing with Nutrition, were
brought to the notice of the Public Health Committee with a recommendation
to consider supplying more than one pint of milk
per day to each individual, and other foods such as Butter Eggs,
and Fruit, if necessary. The result of this was that your Medical
Officer of Health was authorised to make any of the additional grants
to urgent and necessitous cases, and to bring the matter forward
again for further consideration when the estimates for the financial
year 1938/1939 were being discussed.
Regarding the provision of Milk, there were 1388 applications
for receiving cow's milk free, or at less than cost price—177 had to
pay a proportion of the cost, and the remaining 1271 received it free.
In a similar manner 951 applications were received regarding
dried milk and other foods, 111 had to pay a proportion, and 840
received free grants.
When recommended, dried milk and accessories can also be
purchased at the Clinics at cost price.
During 1937, 354 Child Welfare sessions were held, and the
following table gives a summary of the attendances.

The percentage of notified live births represented by the total
number of children who attended for the first time during the year,
and who on the date of their first appearance were under J year of
age, was 76.5.
Ultra-Violet Ray Therapy has continued as before. Altogether
during the year 97 individual patients were treated. Of these 18
had had less than 6 doses by the end of the year. Dr. Hadaway has
kindly tabulated statistics relative to this form of treatment, and
has excluded those patients who have received less than 6 doses.
Group 1. Debilitated and Nervous Children.
,, 2. Anaemic Children.
,, 3. Children under weight.
,, 4. Rickety Children.
,, 5. Those suffering from Respiratory Defects.