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DINING CENTRES
There are two dining centres in the borough, both of which are under the control
of the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee. Necessitous mothers receive dinners
on production of a certificate from one of the assistant medical officers. Liability is
determined by the milk scale. In October, 1932, a scheme was commenced under which
selected children under five years of age who were eligible on financial grounds to
receive milk allowances should, as an alternative, be allowed dinners. In May, 1937,
toddlers'dinners were commenced at 31, Herbert Street. The number of mothers and
toddlers who attended during 1938 and the preceding eight years is shown in Table
No. 98.

MILK ALLOWANCES
Particulars regarding the scale of income and the quantities of milk allowed
under this scheme were given in the Annual Report for 1933.
The number of individuals in receipt of milk or dinner allowances was 838 at
the beginning of the year ; it rose to 960 in April, but fell to 907 in September, and, by
the end of the year, it had again risen to 995.
HOUSEWIFERY CLASSES, Etc.
Five classes are held each week—two at the Model Welfare Centre (on Monday
and Thursday afternoons), one at the School for Mothers on Monday afternoon,
and two at Hoxton Market Mission (on Monday and Wednesday afternoons). These
classes fulfil a most useful purpose, as many young girls in Shoreditch work in factories
when they leave school and are ignorant of needlecraft when they marry.