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St Pancras 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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The Royal Free Hospital receives a grant for its Welfare Department directly front
the London County Council. The service given for this grant includes Welfare Clinics and
home visiting by three Health Visitors. The Centre is run mainly for the babies born in the
hospital or under the care of the hospital's staff or students. The work of the Centre is
reported to the Town Hall weekly. It has not been allocated a definite Welfare area and it
does not come within the Borough's Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme. Particulars of
the work carried out by this Centre are given in Table III on page 99. These figures are
not included in the returns made to the Ministry.

Table: Table II.The following table shows the location of the Council's various Maternity and Child Welfare Centres, together with the days and hours of consultations, and the doctors attending :—

Table II.

The following table shows the location of the Council's various Maternity and Child Welfare Centres, together with the days and hours of consultations, and the doctors attending :—

Name of Centre.Expectant Mothers.Infants.Children 2—5.
St. Pancras School for Mothers, 1, Ampthill Square, N.W.1The 3rd Wednesday in each month at 10 a.m. (Dr. T. Ivor Hughes)Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays at 2 p.m. (Drs. Pritchard, Gillespie and Odling-Smee)The 1st Monday in themonth at 10 a.m. (Dr. Gillespie)
Camden Town Maternity and Child Welfare Centre, Barnes House, Camden Road, N.W.IThe 1st, '2nd and 4th Tuesdays in the month at 10 a.m.(Dr. T. Ivor Hughes)Mondays. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 2 p.m. (Drs. Russell, Elgood, Pritchard and Alderton)Wednesdays at 10 a.m. (Dr. Knowlson)–
Kentisli Town Maternity and Child Welfare Centre, N.W.5Tuesdays, at 10 a.m.First Friday, at 2.30 p.m. (Dr. Phyllis Dixon)Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 2 p.m.(Drs. Alcock and Meade)Mondays at 2 p.m. (Drs. Alcock and Meade)
North St. Pancras School for Mothers, 129, Queen's Crescent, N.W.5The 1st, 2nd and 3rd Thursdays in the month at 10.30 a.m.(Dr. Hawthorne)Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 2 p.m.(Drs. Neill, Elgood, Hawthorne and Leesmith)–
Somers Town Maternity and Child Welfare Centre, Chamberlain House, Oesulston Street, N.W.1The last Wednesday in the month at 10 a.m. (Dr. T Ivor Hughes)Mondays, Tuesday, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 2 p.m.(Drs. Wigg, Kitcat, Lee-smith and Russell)–
South Highgate Infant Welfare Centre, 43, Raydon Street, N.19–Wednesdays and Thursdays at 2 p.m. (Drs. Pritchard and Neill)–