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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

St Pancras 1917

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

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Table: "Intern"Midwifery.—The number of St. Pancras births which took place in hospitals were as follows:—

"Intern"Midwifery.—The number of St. Pancras births which took place in hospitals were as follows:—

University College Hospital92
Middlesex Hospital114
Queen Charlotte's Lying-in Hospital198
City of London Lying-in Hospital74
*Duchess of Marlborough's Maternity Hospital, 21, Endsleigh St.68
St. Pancras House74
Other hospitals42
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(or one sixth of the total number of births).
*Including paying patients.

Table: Government Grants.Government Grants were made during the year ended March 31st, 1918, in respect of Maternity and Child Welfare work as follows:—

Government Grants.

Government Grants were made during the year ended March 31st, 1918, in respect of Maternity and Child Welfare work as follows:—

From the Lon,al Government Board:—£s.d.
St. Pancras Borough Council11504
North St. Pancras School for Mothers (and branches)176185
*Passmore Edwards Settlement School for Mothers4081
Camden Town Centre, Greenland Street311411
Centres at Argyle Square and Falkland Road206I10
Maternity Nursing Association (for Infant Welfare Centre)611311
*The Four Boroughs Maternity Centres12776
*Maternity Nursing Association (for extern Midwifery and Maternity Nursing)20083
*University College Hospital (fur extern Midwifery and Infant Welfare Centre)907114
*Royal Free Hospital (for extern Midwifery and Infant Welfare Centre)27250
St. Pancras Dispensary (Infant Clinic)52100
From the Bt ard of Education:—
St. Pancras School for Mothers479181

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* Including expenditure on work amongst residents ontside of Sl. P ireras.
INFANTILE DlARHHEA.
61 deaths of infants under one year of age from diarrhoea and enteritis
were registered during 1917. The number of such deaths in each quarter of
the year was as follows :—
First quarter 17
Second ,, 11
Third ,, 17
Fourth „ 16
The number of deaths of children under 5 years of ago from diarrhoea and
enteritis was 80.