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persons for milk under this Council's Milk Distribution Scheme,
and authorised the distribution of upwards of 195,500 pints of
milk, together with 2,220 lbs. of dried milk, during the period
January to December, 1929.
The issues were made in accordance with the provisions of
Ministry of Health Circular Xo. 185 as follows: —
1. (a) Nursing mothers;
(b) Expectant mothers in the last three months of
pregnancy, and
(c) Children up to 3 years of age, and exceptionally to
children between 3 and 5 years of age.
2. The quantity of milk supplied at less than cost price must
not ordinarily exceed one pint per day per person,
but in the case of infants between 3 months and 18
months in exceptional cases 1£ pints a day may be
supplied.
In cases where the Committee were not satisfied as to the
correctness of the information supplied in the application,
inquiries were instituted before a grant was made. There were
no instances where it was necessary to take any action beyond
administering a caution to certain applicants who had neglected
to comply with the instructions contained in the form of application,
or who had failed to notify this department of a change in
the domestic circumstances of the family whilst the order was
in progress. The Committee's grant to applicants was,
generally speaking, for a period of 28 days.
Hospital Treatment for Mothers and Infants.
During the year the Council made a contribution, with the
appipval of the Ministry of Health, towards the cost of the inpatient
treatment of a mother and her infant in a special dietetic
hospital, for the purpose of re-establishment of breast feeding,
and in another instance authorised payment of the full cost of
an infant's accommodation in a residential nursery for the treatment
of cleft palate and hare lip.
Convalescent Home Treatment.
Five mothers and infants were sent for convalescent treatment
following confinement for a period of 14 days and also 6
children for a term of 28 days.
The patients were sent to Ministry of Health approved Homes,
viz., All Saints' Hospital, Eastbourne, and the Hertfordshire
County Council Home, St. Leonard's-on-Sea.