[Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, West Bromwich County Borough.
- West Bromwich (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1961
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, West Bromwich County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The following quantities were issued to beneficiaries. National Dried Milk 338 tins free 7,874 tins at 2/4d 1,864 tins at 4/- Total 10,076 Orange Juice to 31/5/61 18,836 bottles at 5d to 31/5/61 430 bottles free from 1/6/61 7,244 bottles at l/6d from 1/6/61 879 bottles free* Total 27,389 Cod Liver Oil to 31/5/61 2,630 bottles free from 1/6/61 731 bottles at ]/- from 1/6/61 264 bottles free * Total 3,625 Vitamin Tablets to 31/5/61 1,884 packets free from 1/6/61 1,109 packets at 6d from 1/6/61 101 packets free * Total 3,094 *Since 1/6/61 free issues are only made to beneficiaries in receipt of national assistance or unemployment benefit. (b) Commercial Foods A total of 32,759 items of various proprietary foods was sold giving an income of £4,185. The price in each case was the cost to the Corporation plus 10°o, and usually was less than the normal retail price. Dental Service There is a national shortage of dentists but the shortage is greatest in local authority services. Without the prospect of improvement in the foreseeable future. The priority dental service will continue only to scratch at the problem, and efforts continue to recruit further dentists.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30260048_0029.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
