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attention to the existence and situation of the station were printed
and distributed to keepers of Common Lodging-houses, and to
the Poor Law Officers, and tickets of introduction have been
issued to these, and to the masters and mistresses of the primaryschools.
The persons using the bath are chiefly tramps from
Common Lodging-houses and school children.
Tents, Vans and Sheds.
46. During the year, 22 tents, vans, and sheds were inspected,
and no notices served.
Infants' Milk depot.
47. In 1905, Woolwich promoted a Bill, which, among other
things, authorised the Borough Council to establish, maintain,
manage and carry on a depot for the sale of sterilised and humanized
milk for infants under 2 years of age; the depot to be
subject to the medical supervision of the Medical Officer of Health,
and carried on in accordance with regulations to be approved by
the Local Government Board. The Council have lost little time
in using the powers thus conferred upon them, and, as soon as
the offices used by the Council in Maxey Road were vacated on
the opening of the new Town Hall, a part of them was set apart
for a Milk Depot.
This was re-constructed at a cost of £443 7s. 3d., and opened
on the 5th of November. The fittings, apparatus, bottles,
delivery cart, etc,, cost £179 1s. 8d.
The object of the Infants' Milk Depot is not to supplant natural
feeding, but to provide the only satisfactory substitute for this to
children who cannot be fed by their own mothers. Every effort is
made to encourage breast-feeding and prevent the Depot milk
being used for children who can be naturally fed.
The motto of the first Depot, at Fecamp, is "Faute de Mieux;"
that of the Woolwich Depot is "Second Best" to mother's milk.