Report on the milk supply of Finsbury, 1903 : a special report ordered to be printed by the Public Health Committee / by George Newman.
- Finsbury (London, England). Public Health Committee.
- Date:
- 1903
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Report on the milk supply of Finsbury, 1903 : a special report ordered to be printed by the Public Health Committee / by George Newman. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![appliances in use when the Depot was opened were as follows : — 1 sterilizing chamber with two trolleys; 1 bottle-filling machine; 1 mechanical bottle-washing brush, with rinser and draining racks; 250 wire baskets; 25 gross graduated 7 oz. bottles; 1 baby weighing machine ; 2 milk churns, cans, strainers, measures, &c. Additional appliances have since been purchased as the work has increased, and additional alterations have been made to the premises. When the Depbt was first opened, a uniform charge of Is. 6d. per week was made, but it was found that this amount barely covered the cost of the milk in the case of the older children, and in December the charge for infants between six and eight months old was raised to Is. 9d. per week, and for children over eight months to 2s. per week. An extra 6d. per week is now charged for children living outside Battersea. An arrangement has been made with the Board of Guardians, whereby the Relieving Officer is empowered to issue weekly orders for milk in lieu of giving money in outdoor rdlief. The milk is given out from the central station, 28 York Road, and at the Municipal Buildings, the Public Baths and the Branch Libraries. As worked at present the Depot results in financial loss, and according to the official Auditor it is not a statutory expense. Dr. McCleary is of opinion that evidence obtainable affords justification for the establishment of the depot. Medical men are satisfied that the introduction of such milk has been of service, and statistical evidence would appear to show that it may have had beneficial effects upon infant sickness and death rate in Battersea.]; At York, a voluntary Society, the York Health and Housing Association, has started a Milk Depot of this kind, and has five branches. The regulations and arrangements are similar to those being carried out in Liverpool and Battersea, except that the source of the milk is controlled, the farm and cows being placed under strict regulations. There can be little doubt that this kind of milk supply may be of great service to the children of the poor, in the reduction of j Special Report by Medical Officer of Health of Battersea (Dr. McCleary) on the Infants’ Milk Depot, March, 1903 ; and Report on Health of Battersea, 1902, pp. 119-130. See also Journal of State Medicine, 1903.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22401209_0075.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
