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have been supplied with varying amounts (according to the
nature of the case) of free milk. When the average has been
as., families have had to pay an amount proportionate to their
means, and, with few exceptions, no families have been supplied
with milk at a reduced price where the average income
exceeded 8s. per head.
All applications are still considered by a Special Milk
Sub-Committee, which meets once a month to deal with fresh
applications and to review all existing cases with a view to
recommending their continuation, alteration or withdrawal.
There are two Infant Consultation Centres, situated in
the twoI extreme ends of the District, one being held at the
Iron Room, St. Saviour's Church, Grand Drive, Raynes Park,
and the other at the Mission Hall, Pincott Road, Merton.
These meetings are held on alternate weeks.
During the year there has been an average attendance of
49.7 per week.
I am pleased to report that the increased attendance at
both clinics has been maintained.
The experiments on animals by MeCarrison in India, the
Mellanbys and Rowland in this country have proved that
pregnant mothers fed on food containing a sufficient quantity
of Vitamins produce an offspring, healthy and fortified against
disease.
This method has, as far as our finances permitted, been
carried out on the mothers attending our clinics, with the result
that our efficiency has also been maintained.
Of the twenty-one deaths registered under one year of
age, ten were from Prematurity and weakness at birth, eleven
from what should be now preventable disease; only one
attended regularly our Welfare Centre. A twin contracted