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Walthamstow 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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Of the 6,051 applications, approximately 47 per cent. were from families where the father was unemployed.
| Scale. | Amount. | Approximate Cost to Authority. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | ||
| Free | 328 pints | 4 | 8 | 5 |
| ½d. per pint | 79,319 „ | 926 | 4 | 3 |
| 1d. per pint | 91,249 „ | 873 | 10 | 6 |
| 2d. per pint | 56 „ | 7 | 0 | |
| Half-cost | 21,071 „ | 144 | 5 | 5 |
| 192,023 pints | £1,948 | 15 | 7 | |
At the suggestion of the Ministry of Health, and in order
to minimise overlapping between the Council's assisted milk
scheme and the work of the Public Assistance Committee, it was
decided that milk for expectant and nursing mothers and young
children should be provided primarily under the Maternity and
Child Welfare assistance rather than as public assistance.
7. HOME HELPS.
Applications for the provision of Home Helps are considered
by the Milk Rota Committee and, if approved, a payment
of 12/6 per week for two weeks is made. In addition to the
60 Home Helps approved during 1935, many mothers attending
the Clinic made their own arrangements to obtain the help of
suitable women whose names were supplied by the Health
Visitors.
The demand for Home Helps has grown progressively
during the past five years: 1931 (3), 1932 (12), 1933 (18), 1934
(21), 1935 (60).
8. INSTITUTIONAL TREATMENT, ETC.
A total of 7 children were sent to Institutions under arrangements
approved by your Committee. The details were as
follows :—Brookfield Orthopædic Hospital, 5; Herne Bay, 2.
One mother was sent away for post-natal convalescent home
treatment.