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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hackney 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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dried milk and of the sale or free distribution of other foods and
medicines are given below:—
| Description of Article. | Value of goods supplied. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | |
| Ambrosia | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Cod liver oil and malt | 80 | 5 | 6 |
| Cow and Gate | 730 | 10 | 0 |
| Lactagol | 13 | 2 | 6 |
| Marylebone cream | 48 | 7 | 2 |
| Ostermilk | 98 | 13 | 9 |
| Petroleum emulsion | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| Syrup ferri | 10 | 18 | 6 |
| Virol | 68 | 1 | 3 |
| Sundries | 98 | 8 | 9 |
| Total | 1,155 | 13 | 1 |
| Description of Article, | Cost to the Council. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | |
| Cod liver oil and malt | 80 | 19 | 0 |
| Lactagol | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Marylebone cream | 22 | 9 | 7 |
| Virol | 98 | 15 | 9 |
| Sundries | 46 | 16 | 3 |
| Total | 254 | 5 | 7 |
CHILD LIFE PROTECTION.
At the end of 1937 there were in the Borough 134 persons who
had been registered under Part XIII of the Public Health (London)
Act, 1936. Eighty-six of these registered foster-mothers had 116
children in their care for reward.
There were two instances in 1937 in which persons were found
to have taken charge of children for reward without giving notice
to the Council, and warning letters were addressed to the persons
concerned.
An Order was secured from a Justice of the Peace for a child's
immediate removal from the care of a foster-mother who had been
taken ill, and there were several instances during the year of the
removal of children from the care of unsuitable foster-mothers
without recourse to legal action.