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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

Deptford 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]

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attendance (otherwise they would be of little use) but the distances of
the clinics, such as Erlam Road and Gosterwood Street, involve loss of
time and considerable walking.
It is work which I think does not always receive the grateful
recognition it deserves, as it is from its nature carried on so quietly and
unobtrusively, and yet is essentially work of the utmost importance,
and which has far-reaching results.
The following table gives the number of cases in which free and
assisted milk was supplied to mothers up to the end of the year:—

Table: Applications considered by Milk Sub-Committee, Total, 1,559, dealt with as follows :—

Applications considered by Milk Sub-Committee, Total, 1,559, dealt with as follows :—

Granted free695
„ at half-price458
„ at three-quarter price113
Refused or adjourned for further enquiry293

Table: Cost of milk, year ended 31st March, 1921, including dried milk:—

Cost of milk, year ended 31st March, 1921, including dried milk:—

£s.d.
3,513711
Receipts2,303182
Net Cost£1,20999