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of these foods to necessitous cases, and to others, in
better circumstances, at cost price, or under. It is administered
strictly in accordance with a scale of income
approved by the Ministry of Health. The scheme Was
started in September, 1918, and its results have been
of very great benefit to the health of numerous mothers
and babies, who would otherwise have been unable to
procure an adequate supply of these foods on account
of their high price.
Glaxo was supplied to the value of £57 2s. (576
packets), also 1,248 pints of cows milk, and 54 tins of
Nestles milk.
Of the babies visited 139 were breast fed, 26 breast
and bottle fed, and 22 bottle fed wholely.
132 births were notified by Doctors, 62 by Midwives,
18 by parents, and 9 by the Maternity Hostel.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
129 of these cases were notified during the year
under review, classified as under:—
Measles 28
Diphtheria 37
Erysipelas 10
Scarlet Fever 23
Pulmonary Tuberculosis 6
Other forms of Tuberculosis 3
Acute Polio-Myelitis 2
Pneumonia 7
Enteric Fever 2
Puerperal Fever 1
Encephalitis Lethargica 2
Opthalmia Neonatorum 2
Malaria 4
Acute Polio Encephalitis 2
Total 129