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Islington 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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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 732
applications for cremation at the Council's Crematorium, East Finchley.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE SERVICES
The London County Council, as the Local Health Authority, is responsible for the
Maternity and Child Welfare Services, the Home Help Service and a Chiropody service
in the Borough, which, together with the Boroughs of Finsbury 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 | 58,792 |
| 1-2 | 7,140 |
| 2-5 | 3,572 |
| Special Toddlers' Clinics | 3, 311 |
| Ante-Natal and Post-Natal Combined | 14,957 |
Foster Mothers
The table of foster-mothers and foster-children registered under the Childrens
Act, 1958, is as follows:-
31 .12 .1963
| Number of persons fostering children | 12 |
| Number of foster-children being cared for | 14 |
L C C. Day Nurseries and Child Minders
At present there are 3 Day Nurseries open in Islington:-
| Scholefield Road | 60 places |
| Canonbury Place | 67 places |
| Mitford Road | 67 places |
| 194 |
There are also 50 places for Islington children in Springdale Day Nursery (Stoke
Newington).
In addition there were at the end of the year 92 child minders registered
voluntarily under the L.C.C. scheme and 151 children were being minded.