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Lambeth 1919

Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1919

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At the end of 1919, the Lambeth Maternity and Child Welfare
Scheme comprise the following Voluntary Centres, Creches or
Day Nurseries, Infants Clinics and Maternity Home :—
1.—Voluntary Centres.
(a) " The Barley Mow," 54, Oakley Street.
(b) Holy Trinity Institute, Royal Street.
(c) Babies Care, 147, Kennington Road.
(d) Moffatt Institute, 2, Esher Street.
(e) St. Anne's Welfare Centre, 44-46, Harleyford Road,
Vauxhall.
(f) The Springfield Welfare Centre, 48, Hartington Road,
Vauxhall.
(g) Loughborough Junction Centre, 39, Loughborough
Park
(h) Brixton Centre, " The Dispensary," 19, Water Lane,
Brixton Hill.
(i) West Norwood Centre, Hannen House, 12, Hannen
Road, Knight's Hill, West Norwood.
N.B. For administrative purposes, the Borough is subdivided
into 12 areas for the establishment of 12 Voluntary
Centres, and three of these areas are, as yet, unprovided
with Voluntary Centres, viz : —North Marsh, Stockwell
and North Brixton, though it is anticipated that these 3
new centres will be established and opened early in the
year 1920. All the voluntary Centres are officered with
qualified Medical Officers and Health Visitors, appointed
by such Centres.
2. —Creches or Day Nurseries.
(a) Wyndham Day Nurseries, 212, Camberwell New
Road.
(b) Brixton and Heme Hill Crèche, 71, Effra Road,
Brixton.
(c) Pilgrim Hill Crèche, Pilgrim Hill, West Norwood.
3.—Infants Clinics.
(a) St. Thomas's Hospital Clinic, 107, Lambeth Palace
Road.
(b) Mrs. Anstruther's Clinic, 53, Ethelred Street.