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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACTS,
1907 AND 1915.
During the year, 2,880 live births were registered;
and of these, 2,784 were notified to the Medical
Officer of Health. There were also 58 stillbirths
notified. Of the 2,842 living and stillbirths notified,
1,719 were notified by midwives, 500 by maternity
assistants of the London Hospital, 315 by medical
practitioners, and 308 by parents and others.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE
CENTRES.
The popularity of the Council's new Centre in
Cornwall Road (which was commented upon in my
last Report), has been maintained, and even increased,
during 1923 to such an extent as to render urgently
necessary an extension of the premises. After negotiations
with the Ministry of Health, approval was
given to the construction of an extra room on the
first floor, and arrangements for the execution of the
necessary work are now being made.
The auxiliary Centre at Thornton Hall, Mount
Street, was in use on Monday afternoons throughout
the year. Owing to the increased attendances of
mothers, it was found necessary for two medical
officers to be in attendance, in place of one, commencing
on the 4th June, 1923. With the co-operation of
the owners of this hall, a great deal of improvement
has been effected. The doctors' room has been completely
partitioned off from the weighing-room, the
lavatory accommodation has been improved, and there
have been other minor alterations. The best use possible
is now made of a hall which is really unsuited
for Infant Consultations, but is the best accommodation
available in the neighbourhood.