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Nine Health Centres are included in the 10-Year Programme and they will be spread
throughout the Borough as evenly as possible to serve an average estimated population of 20,000,
the one exception being the Wood Lane Centre, (estimated population 9,000).
Maternity & Child Welfare, (National Health Service Act, 1946 - Section 22).
Family Planning
During the year five sessions a week were held at the following Borough clinics:
Glenthorne Road (evenings)
Greyhound Road
Parsons Green (2)
Westway
where advice was given and substances and/or appliances provided on medical grounds. The total
attendances at these clinics were 2,557 (1964). In addition, some Borough residents used the
following clinics of the Family Planning Association:
West London Hospital
St. Stephen's Hospital
North Kensington Marriage Welfare ) Royal Borough of
Centre (Telford Road, W.10) ) Kensington &
Campden Hill Welfare Centre,W.8. ) Chelsea.
where a full range of services was provided, including the fitting of the intra-uterine device.
The National Health Service, (Family Planning) Act, 1967, received the Royal Assent on
28 June, 1967, and extends the powers of local health authorities to permit them to provide, (or
arrange for other bodies to provide), advice on contraception and supplies for any person who
needs them on social and not, (as previously), only on medical grounds, i.e. for women likely
to suffer detriment to their health as a result of pregnancy.
The Health Committee considered what should be done to implement the provisions of the
Family Planning Act and, in the interests of providing a uniform standard of service to the public
throughout West London, it was decided to ask the Family Planning Association to undertake
all family planning work in the Borough on terms to be agreed.