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The Registrar-General's corrected number of births is 5,232,
differing slightly from the corrected number of births calculated
locally and found in this Report, viz., 5,497.
Lambeth Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme.*
During 1917, the Lambeth Maternity and Child Welfare
Scheme has continued to justify its inauguration on April 13th,
1916, the various voluntary centres carrying out useful work in
the various areas allotted to them, such work being amalgamated
and co-ordinated with the Council's Official Centre and Public
Health Department. During 1917, a new voluntary centre was
approved and opened in the Vauxhall Ward, known as the
Springfield Maternity and Child Welfare Centre, whilst the Creche
(or Day Nursery) at 5, Railton Road, has been removed to larger
and more suitable premises at 71, Effra Road, Brixton, S.W.,
where it is anticipated the work will be capable of considerable
extension, and, consequently, be of greater corresponding value.
National Baby Week was celebrated within the Borough of
Lambeth during 1917 (from July 1st to July 8th), by the formation
of a Permanent Committee for the Borough, to be known as the
Lambeth Maternity and Child Welfare Committee, such Committee
to consist of representatives to be appointed by all the Voluntary
Centres working within the Borough (one representative for
each voluntary centre), the Mayor, for the time being, acting
as Chairman. Arrangements were also made for the Voluntary
Lambeth Centres to throw open to the public for inspection
during the National Baby Week their premises, the
Borough Council also arranging for the Municipal Milk Depot
and the Infants Consultations Centre to be open also in the
same way. These decisions were arrived at at a Conference
which was called together by the Mayor for the purpose of ascertaining
the views of the various Executive Committees of the
* In connection with the Scheme, the Council approved, during 1917, of the
principle of making financial grants out of the Rates to the Voluntary Centres
under certain conditions—a sum of £400 being voted for the year 1917-1918,
half of this grant to be refunded by the Local Government Board.