[Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Royal Tunbridge Wells Borough.
- Tunbridge Wells (England). Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1930
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Royal Tunbridge Wells Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![< ()G ])rovides for the supervision of children under the age of seven years of age, the maintenance of whom is undertaken for reward apart from their parents, were transferred to the Borough Council on the 1st April, 1930. During the nine months. Miss Rice Oxley paid 245 visits of inspection. On December 31st, 1930, there were G5 children under the care of foster mothers. A Sub-Committee of the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee met each Monday morning at the Public Health Office in order to deal with applications for assistance under the Milk (Mothers and Children) Orders. Orders for 5,290 pints of fresh milk were granted. There were also issued free of cost :—86 lbs. dried milk ; 239 lbs. of cod liver oil and malt ; 51 tins of Ovaltine ; 70 cartons of Virol ; 38 cartons of Radio Malt ; 6 tins of Almata ; 5 cartons of Bemax ; 2 tins of Lactagol and small quantities of some other foods and drugs. The Medical Officer also issued 62 certificates for milk to be supplied through the Guardians.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30196371_0068.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
