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Walthamstow 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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The following is a summary of the applications for milk for the past five years:—
| Milk. | Dried Milk. | Unemployed. | % Unemployed. | Average per week. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milk. | Dried Milk. | |||||
| 1934 | 5,370 | 389 | 3,106 | 53.9 | 101.3 | 7.3 |
| 1935 | 5,539 | 512 | 2,836 | 46.8 | 106.5 | 9.8 |
| 1936 | 5,947 | 550 | 2,589 | 39.8 | 114.4 | 10.6 |
| 1937 | 5,882 | 572 | 2,414 | 37.4 | 113.1 | 11.0 |
| 1938 | 6.452 | 508 | 2,962 | 42-5 | 124.1 | 9.9 |
HOME HELPS.
Applications for the provision of Home Helps are considered by
the Milk Rota Committee and, if approved, a payment of 12s. 6d.
per week for two weeks is made. In addition to the 178 Home Helps
approved during 1938 many mothers attending the Clinic made
their own arrangements to obtain the help of suitable women whose
names were supplied by the Health Visitors.
Four applications were rejected and one was cancelled by the
Rota Committee.
The demand for Home Helps has been as follows during
the past seven years: 1931 (3), 1932 (12), 1933 (18), 1934
(21), 1935 (60), 1936 (87), 1937 (78), 1938 (178).
The large increase in 1938 is chiefly due to the operation of the
new whole-time midwifery service.
STERILISED MATERNITY OUTFITS.
A total of 314 sets were used in the Borough and 213 outfits were
issued below cost price. A sterility test was carried out with
satisfactory results on a sample set.
INSTITUTIONAL TREATMENT, ETC.
Nineteen children were sent to Institutions under arrangements
approved by your Committee.