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49.
The Local Authority is required by the Regulations
of the Ministry of Health to ascertain that need actually
exists, and a special Visitor visits in the homes of
applicants and reports on the home circumstances, while
the ordinary reports of the Health Visitors are also
available for reference. A special Milk Sub-Committee
of the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee meets
every week to consider these reports.
The cost of the milk granted free or at less than
cost price during 19.29 was:—
£ s. d.
For dried milk 174 7 11
For wet milk 36 13 7
Total £211 1 6
The comparative expenditure under this heading
during recent years has been:—
£ s. d.
1925 80 10 3
1926 121 6 0
1927 123 8 10
1928 110 13 0
1929 211 1 6
In addition to the milk supplied free or at a reduced
rate under the stringent conditions that have been described,
milk is also sold at cost price in cases recommended
by the Medical Officers of Health or Health
Visitors. During 1929 under this part of the scheme
7,432 lbs. of dried milk were supplied at a cost to the
families of £640:17:11.
In the previous year 7,896 lbs. of dried milk were
distributed to needy households at a cost of £755:10:0.
It will have been noticed that stress has been laid
on the provision of dried milk rather than fresh milk.
The reason for this is, that under poor circumstances,
and in such homes as shelter many of the children dealt
with under the Maternity and Child Welfare scheme,