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Mortality figures showing comparison of death rate
between children fed on Dried Milk and other hand-fed
children are strikingly in favour of the use of Dried Milk.
Scurvy and Rickets are rare in infants fed on Dried
Milk and their occurrence is probably not attributable to this
form of food.
Full Cream Dried Milk requires to be mixed with about
seven parts by weight of water to give a mixture corresponding
to ordinary milk. Therefore, 5 ozs. of Dried Milk
should reconstitute to correspond to one quart of milk.
Dried Milk is cheaper than liquid milk and it is sold by
the Council at cost price for the safeguarding of the health
of young children and nursing mothers.
Dried Milk can be obtained from the Town Hall, Stratford,
by Nursing and Expectant Mothers for their own
consumption or for the use of children under three years of
age in accordance with a Scale adopted by the Council.
Dried Milk can also be obtained from the Town Hall for the
use of children between three and five years of age, but in
such case a medical certificate must be supplied in respect
of each child.
Any nursing mother experiencing difficulty in preparing
the milk should send a Post Card to the Medical Officer of
Health at the Town Hall, Stratford, when a Health Visitor
will call and give all the information necessary.
Maternity and Child Welfare.
Midwives—
Number practising in district:
Trained, 118; Untrained, 1. Bona fide, 1904.
Number of cases attended in 1925, 4581.
Number of cases in which Medical Aid was summoned, 761.