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St Pancras 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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The Societies who made contributions towards the cost of dentures were the Metropolitan
Hospital Sunday Fund, £24 5s. 0d.; the Metropolitan Hospital Saturday Fund, £8 0s. 0d.;
Insurance Societies, £5 5s. 0d.; and various other societies (chiefly through the Charity
Organisation Society), £16 10s. 0d.
The general supervision of the work as regards attendances, collection of contributions,
etc., continues to be efficiently carried out by Miss C. Smith, one of the Council's Women
Inspectors.
Dental treatment is also provided at the voluntary clinic, which is held at the St.
Pancras School for Mothers, see page 25.
The Centres held ia connection with the University College and Royal Free Hospitals
are also able to refer cases needing dental treatment to the Dental Departments of their own
Hospitals.
Day Nurseries.
The Council assists three approved day nurseries in the Borough by the payment of
one-quarter of the net expenditure, as approved by the Ministry of Health, after the deduction
of the payments made by the mothers. The effect of this is that the total expenses are
shared, as to one-half by the Ministry of Health, one quarter by the Council, and one
quarter by voluntary funds.
Particulars in regard to the day nurseries for the year ended 31st March, 1927, are as follows :—
| —— | Grant paid by Borough Council. | No. of Days Open. | Attendances. | Average per Day. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| s. 10 | ||||||
The Council also made a contribution of £50 to the Hampstead and North St. Pancras
Day Nursery, 27.29, Pond Street, N.W. 3. Although this institution is situated in
Ilampstead, it is used to a considerable extent by St. Pancras mothers who reside in the north
of the Borough.
Clinic for Sick Mothers, and Children under School Age.
A weekly clinic is held by Dr. F. L. Provis at the St. Pancras Dispensary, 39, Oakley
Square. To this patients are referred from the Town Hall, from the Welfare Centres, by the
health visitors, etc.
During 1926 new cases under five years of age numbered 174, ailing mothers 30, and
expectant mothers (new cases) 78. The total attendances at this clinic were 492 of children
under five, 159 of ailing mothers, and 109 of expectant mothers. The corresponding figures for
the Dispensary as a whole (including Dr. Provis' clinic, but not the tuberculosis department)
were:—children under five: new cases, 917; attendances, 3056; ailing mothers and expectant
mothers: new cases 128; attendances 352.