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already, in part, to a greater or lesser extent, amalgamated and
co-ordinated, directly or indirectly, with the Council's work,
under the Council's Medical Officer of Health, as follow : —
1. Official Agencies (The Borough Council).
(a) The Infant Consultations Centre and Municipal Milk
Depot at 66 York Road (established on 12th February,
1906), where, since that date (up to the end of 1915), a
total of 2,465 infants and young children have been entered
on the Register, and where general daily consultations
(average, 5 to 6 consultations per day) and medical
weekly consultations (average, 15 to 20 consultations per
week) have been held;
(b) An Official Health Visitor, attached to the Public Health
Department (appointed on 3rd October, 1907), and the
paying by her, since that date (up to the end of 1915),
of a total of 19,272 official visits connected with infants
and young children.
N.B.—The Notification of Births Act, 1907, was adopted
throughout the Borough on 9th March, 1908, and since
that date (up to the end of 1915) a total of 51,394 births
have been notified, of which 38,910 have been dealt with
officially, as follow :—
Infants visited ... ... ... ... 23,517
Pamphlets on infant feeding and
management sent to the mothers ... 15,393
11. Non-Official or Voluntary Agencies.
Inner Wards :
1. Mothers' Institute, 8 Johanna Street.
2. Institute, Royal Street (for Holy Trinity Parish).
3. North Lambeth Babies' Care, 147 Kennington Road (for
St. Mary's Parish).
4. Moffat Institute Maiternity and Child Welfare Centre,
Esher Street.
5. Mrs. Anstruther's Infant Clinic, 31 Ethelred Street.
6. Our Lady's Welcome (Roman Catholic Settlement), The
Grove, Vauxhall.
Outer Wards:
7. Wyndham Day Nurseries, 212 Camberwell New Road.
8. Brixton Infant Welfare Centre and School for Mothers,
The Dispensary, 19 Water Lane.
9. The Creche, 5 Railton Road, Herne Hill.