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The South-West London Branch of the Family Planning Association
will shortly be given administrative headquarters in our new
purpose-built centre in Mitcham Road, and this arrangement
should lead to a reduction in office costs. The expenses connected
with the service increased considerably during 1968 but this is
commensurate with the growth and development of the service. The
approximate annual figure of £10,000 for the Borough population
of more than 321,000 constitutes about 1% of health services expenditure
which seems to be good value for the money spent.
Special acknowledgement of the excellent co-operation between
the Family Planning Association and the Health Department is
due to the Association's officers, Mrs. R. Crampton Smith, the
Organizing Secretary, and Mrs. L. Harvey, the Chairman, while
acknowledgements and thanks are due to Dr. J. Duncan Whyte
(domiciliary service) and Dr. M. Edge, for the high quality of
services rendered, so well reflected in the growing popularity of the
Family Planning Service in the Borough. The nursing staff working
with these doctors should also receive thanks for their special
efforts in this so demanding and difficult work.
Mere statistics are rarely a measure of the value of personal
health services but the figures presented in the accompanying table
give some idea of the work carried out and the trend in comparison
with 1967.
It is hoped that during the year 1969 two new clinics will be
opened in Tooting and Balham, areas which perhaps are in most
need of these services.