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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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from the borough for treatment at either of the under-mentioned
hospitals. Expectant mothers are deemed to be eligible for assistance
under this scheme if by reason of poverty or other cause they
are unable to pay an amount equal to half the average cost per
patient of the maintenance and administration charges of the
hospital concerned for the preceding year.
The number of patients assisted under this scheme, together with the cost to the Council during the year is shown below :—
| Cases. | Cost. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | ||
| Salvation Army Mothers' Hospital | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| City of London Maternity Hospital | 108 | 113 | 8 | 0 |
| 111 | £116 | 11 | 0 | |
Provision of Milk and Other Foods to Necessitous Mothers and
Children.—The National Milk Scheme has very largely replaced the
Council's arrangements for the provision of milk to mothers and
children, but proprietary brands of dried milk, including treated
and half-cream milk, are still stocked at the Maternity and Child
Welfare Centres for distribution to mothers who prefer or are
recommended by the Centre Medical Officers to use those products.
The following tables show the quantities of foods and vitamin
products supplied from the Centres during the year:—
| Vitamin "A" and "D" tablets. | Concentrated orange juice. | Cod liver oil. | "National" dried milk. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At l0d.a bottle. | Free of charge. | At 5d. a bottle. | Free of charge. | At l0d. a bottle. | Free of charge. | At 1/2 a packet. | Free of charge. |
| 552 | 126 | 55,698 | 8,873 | 8,988 | 2,474 | 739 | 3,265 |