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PUBLIC MORTUARY
By agreement with the St. Pancras Borough Council the use of the Council's Mortuary
was discontinued as and from 31st March, 1949, all bodies being received at the St.
Pancras Mortuary, Cramley Street, N.W.1., after that date.
ISLINGTON CREMATORIUM
The Medical Referee or the Deputy Medical Referee certified a total of 633
applications for cremation at the Council's Crematorium, East Pinchley.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE SERVICES
The London Cbunty Council, as the Local Health Authority, is responsible for the
Maternity and Child Welfare Services, the Home Help Service and a foot clinic service in
the Borough, which, together with the Boroughs of Pinsbury and Holborn, constitute
Division 3. I am indebted to Dr. Wilfrid G. Harding, Divisional Medical Officer, for the
information given below in respect of these services:-
Total Attendances at Maternity & Child Welfare Centres
0 - 1 51, 265
1 - 2 7 046
2 - 5 3, 897
Special Toddlers" Clinics 3,238
Ante-Natal and Post-Natal
Combined 16,935
Foster Mothers
The table of foster-mothers and foster-children registered under the Childrens Act,
1958, is as follows:-
31. 12 1962
Number of persons fostering children 18
Number of foster-children being cared for 19
L.C.C. Day Nurseries and Child Minders
At present there are 3 Day Nurseries open in Islington:•
Scholefield Road 60 places
Canonbury Place 37 places
Mitford Road 67 places
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There are also 50 places for Islington children in Springdale Day Nursery (Stoke
Newington).
In addition there were at the end of the year 98 child minders registered
voluntarily under the L.C.C. scheme and 97 children were being minded.