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Islington 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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SECTION B.
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AREA.
MATERNITY AND CHILD SERVICES.
WELFARE CENTRES
There are four Voluntary Welfare Centres as follows, each of which has
received a grant from the Borough Council for tho year ending March 31st, 1941.
Amount of grant.
North Islington Maternity Centre &
School for Mothers, North £4,069
8 & 9 Manor Gardens,
Hollo way, N.7.
South Islington Mothers' and
Babies' Welfare Centre, South £2,251
6, Cellophane Road, N.l.
East Islington Mothers' and
Babies' Welfare Centre., East £2,137
32, Dray ten Park, N.5.
West Islington Infant Welfare Centre,
42 Richmond Avenue, N.l. West £1,692.
SPEC IAL FIXTURES IN 1941.
With the cessation of air raids over London after May 194-1, Child Welfare
work tended to return towards normal, and attendance at the Welfare Centres
increased.
In the latter half of the year, the Government campaign urging more women
to take up industrial employment, raised the need to make provision for the care of
their children, and in November the first War-time Day Nursery in the borough was
opened, at the Council's day nursery premises in Scholefield Road.
In December, the Ministry of Food asked for the co-operation of Welfare
Authorities in the distribution of vitamin products to young children, and the
Maternity & Child Welfare Office and the Child Welfare Centres have been issuing, on
behalf of the Ministry of Food, Government cod liver oil compound and fruit juices.
SUMMARY.
| 1. | Ante-Natal Clinics:- | |||||
| North | South | East | West | Total | ||
| Number held weekly Number of expectant mothers who attended | xx3 C3) | -1 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 6 (5) | |
| 387 (452) | 105 (153) | 164 (122) | 828 (920) | |||
| 2. | Post-Natal Clinics:- | North | South | East | West | Total |
| Number held weekly Number of mothers who attended | XX1 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | xx-4 (4) | ||
| 94 (128) | 17 (20) | 54 (87) | 32 (43) | 197 (278) | ||
| 3. | Consultations for Children up to 5 years of ape. Total number of children who first attended at the centres during year, and who, on the date of their first attendance were:- | |||||
| North | South | East | West | Total | ||
| (i) Under 1 year | 711 (842) | 360 (515) | 316 (469) | 423 (525) | 1 1810 (2351) | |
| (ii) 1-5 years | 159 (172) | 81 (92) | 76 (I30) | ) 416 (495) | ||
| (Figures for 1940 in brackets). | ||||||
xx North Centre - including one combined ante-natal and post-natal clinic.
- South Centre - one each fortnightly.
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