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Section E.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
ANTE-NATAL.
Ante-Natal Clinics for Expectant Mothers.
Two Clinics for expectant mothers are in existence: one at 73,
Dynham Road, Kilburn, and one at 27, Pond Street.
Kilburn Clinic.—Held at the Municipal Dispensary, 73, Dynham
Road, N.W. 6. This was started in June, 1917, and is open
on Monday afternoons and on Thursday mornings. The
average attendance at each session was 2 new cases and 8 old
cases.
Pond Street Clinic. —The Clinic was temporarily housed in shop
premises—59, South End Road—which had been approved as
a temporary measure by the Ministry of Health. It was
opened in August, 1919, and is open on Thursday afternoons.
On 29th September, 1921, the Clinic was removed to premises
at 27, Pond Street, occupied by the Hampstead and
North St. Pancras Day Nursery, the Committee of that
voluntary body having offered the Council four convenient
rooms at a suitable rental. The average attendance at each
session was 1 new case and 5 old cases.
Both these Clinics are staffed and managed entirely by the
Borough Council. The Report of the Medical Officer in charge, Dr.
Mary Kidd, will be found on page 72.
Maternity Hospital Beds to which complicated cases
can be removed.
The Borough Council pays a subsidy per case for every Hampstead
woman confined in Queen Charlotte's Hospital, and in return receives
letters of admission. 36 Hampstead women were confined in Queen
Charlotte's Hospital in 1921.
NATAL.
Assistance to ensure the mother having skilled and prompt
attendance during confinement at home.
Skilled Maternity Nursing.—By our agreements with the two
Nursing Associations this can be obtained for cases in any part of the
Borough. Both Nursing Associations have fully trained nurses