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33.
Provision of Milk under the Maternity and Child
Welfare Act, 1918.
Milk is supplied free or at less than cost price to
expectant and nursing mothers, and to children under 3
years of age in necessitous cases, and during the year
under review grants were made in 204 cases.
Applications are considered by the Sub-Committee
of the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee.

The comparative expenditure for the three preceding
years was as follows : in 1927, £123 . 8 . 10d.; in 1926,
£121. 6 . 0d.; in 1925, £80 .10 . 3d.
Milk is also sold at cost price in cases recommended
by the Health Visitors or by the staff of the Infant
Welfare Centres, and during 1928, under this part of
the scheme 7,896 lbs. of dried milk were supplied at a
cost to the families of £755 :16:0, compared with 10,171
lbs. distributed in 1927 at a cost of £957 :18 :3d.
Home Nursing.
This is carried out by the Fulham District Nursing
Association, 56, Harwood Road, S.W.6, the arrangements
being exactly similar to those detailed in my
Annual Report for 1926.

A free of one shilling is paid by the Council for each
attendance on a case.