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full cream dried milk powder for liquid milk, and for the
remainder of the year dried milk was supplied in one-pound
packets.
The milk powder is received in bulk in hermetically
sealed cannisters and is packed into grease-proof bags
enclosed in cartons on which printed directions are given,
and only the estimated required quantity is packed daily m
order to ensure, as far as possible, the milk being fresh when
supplied to applicants from the following centres:—
84, West Ham Lane, Stratford.
Public Hall, Barking Road, Canning Town.
Nurses' Home, Howards Road, Plaistow.
Barnwood Road, Silvertown.
When the scheme was first put into operation the Town
Hall, Stratford, was used as a distributing centre, but owing
to the lack of accommodation at the Town Hall for dealing
with the public the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee
approached the Education Committee with a view to obtaining
the unused portion of a hut situate at 84, West Ham
Lane for the purpose of packing and distribution. This was
eventually acquired, fitted up and opened on the 8th September,
1924; it has proved a great convenience both from the
public and administrative points of view.
Since Dried Milk has been distributed under the
Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme, viz., from August,
1920, the amount has steadily increased as the following
table indicates:—
Year 1920— 18,247 packets or 8 tons 3 cwts.
„ 1921— 73,872 „ 33 tons.
„ 1922—127,934 „ 57 tons 2 cwts.
„ 1923—221,114 „ 98 tons 14 cwts.
„ 1924—237,963 „ 106 tons 4½ cwts.
„ 1925—222,410 „ 99 tons 5 cwts. 90lbs.
Although the following extract of a circular "What every
Nursing Mother ought to know," has appeared in previous