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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Hampstead 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]

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Table: 5. Artte-natal and Post-natal Services.

5. Artte-natal and Post-natal Services.

Ante-natal.Post-natal.
(a) Ante-natal and Post-natal Clinics (whether held at Infant Welfare Centres or at other premises)—
(i) Number of Clinics provided and maintained by the Council2Nil.
(ii) Number of Clinics provided and maintained by Voluntary Associ-ationsNil.Nil.
(iii) Total number of attendances at all Clinics during the year1866†250
(iv) Total number of women who attended at the Clinics during the year427†133
(b) Total number of expectant mothers ante-natally examined and of cases post-natally examined during the year, under arrange-ments made by the Council with private medical practitioners, excluding cases in-cluded under 5 (a) (iv)Nil.Nil.
(c) Percentage of total notified births (live and still) represented by the total numbers of women shown under 5 (a) (iv) and 5 (b) ...per cent. 42per cent. 13

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†These patients attended at the Ante-natal Clinics.

Table: 6. Supply of Milk and Food.

6. Supply of Milk and Food.

Terms of supply.Milk.Meals supplied at Dining Centres.Other Food.
Expectant Mothers.Nursing Mothers.Children under 5 years of age.Expectant Mothers.Nursing Mothers.Children under 5 years of age.Expectant Mothers.Nursing Mothers.Children under 5 years of age.
Free, or at less than cost price, in necessitous casesYesYesYesNoNoNoNo.YesYes
At cost price in other cases (e.g., sale of dried milk at Centres)NoYesYesNoNoNoNoYesYes