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Woolwich 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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The quantity of milk must not exceed one pint per day, but
in exceptional circumstances, infants between three and eighteen
months may receive 1½ pints per day.
A suitable scale of income must be adopted. The scale of income at present in force is as follows:—
| Free. | Half Cost. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. in Family. | Per Head. | No. in Family. | Per Head. | ||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | ||
| 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| 2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 6 |
| 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
| 5 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| 6 or more | 6 | 6 | 6 or more | 7 | 6 |
| Per head, after deduction of rent. | |||||
During the five years under review these services cost most
in 1921, since which date the cost has been steadily falling,
chiefly owing to the adoption of lower scales of income as a
test of necessity and partly to an improvement in the employment
state of the Borough.
No case was found during the year where milk was being
obtained by false pretences.
(1) Collective Teaching. In 1924 the Minister of Health
wrote that, although he could congratulate the Council on its
Maternity and Child Welfare work as a whole, Collective
Teaching was defective, and so this aspect of maternity welfare
work was considered by the Council. Collective teaching
embraces classes for sewing, home nursing, first aid, general
and personal hygiene and infant care. The Council had
previous experience of collective teaching, about the years
1919-1920, but the classes were not popular, possibly because
of domestic difficulties and lack of interest on the part of the