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A clinic for young persons over 16 years of age has been established
at Langton Way Welfare Centre where they are able to
discuss their emotional, moral and sexual problems.
Family Planning Clinics in the area are held at the following
premises :—
Abbey Welfare Centre Barnfield Residents Association
Blackheath Welfare Centre Hall
(Langton Way) Greenwich District Hospital
Charlton Lane Welfare Centre co ("iller General Wing)
Creek Road Welfare Centre 1 H'gh StreCt'
Garland Road Welfare Centre St Nicholas Hospital
Lionel Road Welfare Centre (Out-patient's Department)
I am indebted to Mrs. P. Regester, Administrator of the South
East London Branch of the Family Planning Association for the
following account of her association's activities in this Borough
during the year ended 31st March, 1970.
"The Council of the London Borough of Greenwich implements
the National Health Service (Family Planning) Act, 1967, and uses
the Family Planning Association as its agents for this purpose.
It is agreed that no fees will be charged to any patients for
medical advice and examination, regardless of their place of residence
and that no charges will be made for drugs and appliances
supplied to medically or socially necessitous patients.
Expenditure in Greenwich for the year ending 31st March, 1970,
on medical and lay-staff salaries, supplies and overheads amounted
to £21,508; the income from the sale of supplies, etc., was £9,335.
The Borough had agreed to make an underwriting grant of £10,000,
and this left a deficiency of £2,173, which was also met by the
Greenwich Council.
This free advice on family planning has been much appreciated
by the women attending clinics in the Borough, as is evident from
the increase in the number of clinic patients :—
1969 1970
Total number of patients attending 4,060 4,892
Number of new patients 1,275 1,729
Number of medically necessitous patients 109 55
Number of socially necessitous patients 551 469
An interesting point is the fall-off of the number of necessitous
patients. This appears to be caused by fewer patients being seen