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retail price of milk in the area. The Council, however,
resolved to supply milk in necessitous cases only.
The quantity of milk is prescribed by the Medical Officer of
Health, or the Medical Officer of the Maternity and Child
Welfare Centres working in co-operation with the local
authority, and the amount does not exceed that set out in
a circular letter of the Ministry of Health, viz.—
(а) For children under 18 months, 1½ pints daily.
(б) For children between 18 months and 5 years, 1 pint.
(c) For expectant or nursing mothers, the quantity prescribed
by the person certifying.
At the same time the Council designated the Medical Officer
of Health and the Assistant Medical Officer of Health as the
persons to work the scheme. Your Medical Officer of Health
was instructed to prepare a hand bill and to distribute it
through the local labour exchanges and through the school
authorities in order to bring the provisions of this scheme
before the public. The dissemination of this knowledge to a
large number of the population brought about a large increase
in the amount of milk and meals supplied free of cost, and, in
actual fact, the cost for the year was £2,431 lis. 5d. as compared
with £249 12s. 6d. in 1919.
In November, 1919, the Council adopted an economic
circumstances scale for the supply of milk free of cost and this
scale was in operation during the whole year. In July, 1920,