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doctor's certificate, or after a visit from the woman health 

 visitor and pronoimced by her to be a suitable case. Only 

 those children were admitted to the depot whose mothers 

 were unable to suckle them, or who were actually found to be 

 wasting on the mother's milk. 



Supervision of the Cases. — Homes all visited by the liealth 

 visitor, and visits repeated as found necessary. Children were 

 weighed every fortnight as far as possible. 



The Woolwich Depot had one peculiarity. It was the 

 only depot which undertook delivery of the milk at the 

 customers' homes. An additional cliarge of 4d. per week was 

 made for this. It only paid for about half the cost of 

 delivery. 



Financicd Cost. 

 {Total Capital Bxpenditure, £662.) 



Child7-en Fed, etc. 



