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A SCHEME was prepared a short time ago by the Milk Marketing Board and approved by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries for the supply of cheap milk to local authorities, and was outlined in a circular issued by the Ministry of Health (Circular 1840. H.M. Stationery Office. 3d. net). The aim of the scheme is to enable expectant and nursing mothers and children under five, who cannot afford the full retail price for the milk they need, to obtain a pint of milk per head per day either free or for not more than twopence according to family circumstances. Those wishing to receive milk under the scheme will have first to apply to the local authority and they will then be told whether they are eligible to receive the supply. When authorized, they will ask an approved dairyman to deliver at their home the milk to which they are entitled.
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Milk for Mothers and Children. Nature 144, 474 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144474c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/144474c0