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Total number of days worked during 1939 1131
1940 1068
Total number of cases 1939 79
1940 75
Total cost of operating the scheme,1939 £245. 10. 6.
1940 £230. 18. 9.
Average number of Home Helps on Council's roll, 10.
MATERNITY OUTFITS.- Sterilized maternity outfits were
supplied to expectant mothers during 1940, as follows:
17 at cost price.
51 free of charge,
1 at a charge of l/-(costing-£18.14.8.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
MILK SUPPLY.- No registration of retailers or producers
has had to be refused under the provisions of the Milk
and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922 (Milk and Dairies Order,
1926).
No additional retailers were registered during
the year.
Under the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1936,
31 Dealers' Licences, 18 Supplementary Licences, and
1 Pasteuriser's Licence were granted.
MEAT AND OTHER FOODS.- Butchers shops are visited
frequently and the bakehouses, fish,fruit and grocers
shops are kept under observation.
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