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ASSISTED MILK SCHEME
Number of applications during 1947 37
Number of families assisted 30
The National Milk Scheme operated from July, 1940, and the
above represents applications for special brands of dried milk not
supplied under that scheme.
HOME HELPS
Applications for the provision of Home Helps, if approved,
are granted financial assistance for a period of two weeks.
In addition to the 50 Home Helps approved during 1947 many
mothers attending the Clinics have made their own arrangements
to obtain the help of suitable women whose names were supplied
by the Health Visitors. 99 applications were above scale for
financial assistance.
The total demand for Home Helps has been as follows :—
1947 Granted at part cost ...., 50
Rejected as over scale 99
149
1946 Granted free of cost 2
Granted at part cost 116
Rejected as over scale 73
191
PRIORITY SHEET DOCKETS
In March the Board of Trade withdrew Priority Sheet Dockets
as such and issued certificates equivalent to four or six coupons
(for single or double bed sheets respectively). Except for the
wording of the certificates, however, the scheme remains precisely
the same as in previous years.
During 1947, one mother was supplied with three 4-coupon
certificates and 506 mothers with 1,482 6-coupon certificates.
STERILISED MATERNITY OUTFITS
A total of 744 sets were supplied and 57 outfits were issued
below cosit price.
INSTITUTIONAL TREATMENT
No children were sent to Institutions under your Committee's
arrangements.