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It may be interesting here to re-state—
No. of Births of Hampstead children registered during 1924:—
Legitimate 1105
Illegitimate 81
The Committee came to the following conclusions, that:—
In 17 instances the cases were not within the scope of the
Borough Council facilities for various reasons, chiefly economical
or geographical; thus — some of the deaths occurred
in the families of well-to-do people, where all medical and
and nursing assistance was to hand. Some were cases of
children born elsewhere, in nursing homes, etc., who died
before returning to their homes.
In 18 cases the Sub-Committee had no remarks to make, the
reasons for the deaths being apparent, and the death certificates
self-explanatory.
In 32 cases it appeared that all the Borough Council facilities
were utilised, the mothers attending our Pre-maternity
Clinics and afterwards the Infant Welfare Centres.
In 6 cases the facilities offered were not utilised. These appeared
to belong to that class where the mothers will not, for some
reason or other, attend any centre or clinic. In one of these
there existed overcrowded home conditions, which the SubCommittee
were of the opinion contributed to the death.
In 4 cases the Sub-Committee were of the opinion that, had the
mother attended the Pre-maternity Clinic, steps could have
been taken to prevent premature birth and subsequent death.
In 1 case death might have been prevented had continuous medical
treatment been pursued.
In 1 case anti-syphilitic treatment would have altered the result.
In 2 cases the Committee considered the death certificates too
vague for them to form an opinion
In 2 cases the Committee were of opinion that something might
have been done to obviate the deaths had earlier information
of the illnesses of the children been available.