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weekly survey at the municipal Centres. The procedure followed
has been that the Medical Officers of the Municipal Centres sign
a requisition on the Health Office for goods required for the
following week. All goods ordered for the Health Office are,
of course, ordered by the Medical Officer of Health.
The voluntary Centres supply their own needs except with
regard to the issue of free dried milk. .The amount issued to
each municipal Centre is entered up into a receipt book signed
by the Health Visitor, of the Centre. Each day when Mr.
Bowman attends a Centre he verifies the stock left from the previous
week, adds the stock requisitioned for the current week by
the Medical Officer of the Centre, and signed for on delivery by
the Health Visitor as stated above, and enters a note of correctness
before starting on the day's sales. At the end of the day
the difference between the amount of stock started with and that
remaining is made up by the money taken by Mr. Bowman, less
the stock given free of charge, which is signed for by the Medical
Officer of the Centre in a book kept for that purpose in the
Consulting Room, in which is entered particulars of applicant's
financial condition; the amount to be given free is
also entered on the Weight Cards as Mr. Bowman's immediate
authorisation to supply without delaying to consult the book
already mentioned, which is kept in the doctor's room during the
Clinic. A detailed statement of goods sold and goods given is
handed in by Mr. Bowman together with the cash after each
Centre session.
(14) The practice previously in force of supplying or ordering
milk from the Centres was discontinued some months ago,
with the exception of dried milks sold at cost price. Distribution
of dried milk at less than cost price and distribution of wet milk
is entirely carried out through the Health Office. The Ministry
recommend that the time of Health Visitors or other trained
officers should not be taken up with the clerical work of distribution.