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The total number of application forms received from South Kilburn for the year was 460
for dinners. The total number of individuals supplied with breakfasts in South Kilburn was 93,
and the total number of breakfasts in South Kilburn was 4,693, this number being from week ending
28/2/1920, the earliest time by which the arrangements could be made.
Provision of Meals—Mothers and Children under 5 Years.—The number of individuals fed
and the number of meals supplied at the Education Committee Centres is shewn in Table No. 80.
The attendance of the mothers is irregular, there being continuous requests for the meals to be sent
home. This is due in some cases to a disinclination to attend at the Feeding Centres, in other cases
the distance is great, while in other cases, again, the mother has a home meal to prepare for the
husband and those members of the family not eligible for attendance at the Feeding Centres, and
in this way is prevented from attending.
Table No. 81 shews the number of meals supplied to mothers and children under 5 at the
Kilburn Centre. The attendance here is more regular, a large number of the necessitous cases of
the district being drawn from the immediate neighbourhood. Notwithstanding this, the requests
for meals to be sent home are many, the reasons given being varied, but predominating is the claim
made on the mother by other members of the family. A meal sent home is probably a meal shared.
Generally the requests are not acceded to except in cases of illness.