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1917. Overbury Street, Brooksby's Walk, and Mayfield Road
Infant Welfare Clinics opened.
1918. An Ante-natal Clinic established at Overbury Street and at
Brooksby's Walk. Arrangements made for the supply of
milk under the Milk Orders. Maternity and Child Welfare
Committee appointed two additional Health Visitors.
1919. Midwifery agreements with Mothers' Hospital, Clapton,
and City of London Maternity Hospital. Scale of assistance
for granting milk adopted.
1920. Three add.tional Health Visitors appointed, making a total
of nine now in the service of the Council. Milk not given
from Centres, all applications dealt with through the Public
Health Department.
1921. Arrangements for providing the services of Midwives to
necessitous persons: extension of agreement with Mothers'
Hospital, Clapton. An additional Welfare Centre was
opened in February by the Council, at Northwold Road,
Clapton, and the Hackney Grove Voluntary Infant Welfare
Association opened in October an additional Centre for the
Hackney Grove District, so that there are now seven
Centres operating in Hackney; four Municipal and three
Voluntary. The work of the Eton Mission Welfare Centre
was also increased in scope by the institution of an
Ante-natal Clinic, and an additional grant of £50 per
annum by the Council was sanctioned by the Ministry to
date from March 31st. At Overbury Street Centre a weekly
instead of a fortnightly, Ante-natal Clinic, and an additional
Child Welfare Clinic were put into operation.
The Infant Mortality in Hackney during the years 1900 to
1921 has been as follows:—
1900 158
1901 135
1902 121
1903 127
1904 155
1905 140
1906 123
1907 116
1908 123
1909 113
1910 104
1911 120
1912 79
1913 99
1914 85
1915 107
1916 84
1917 92
1918 111
1919 85
1920 81
1921 66