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All Lambeth notified births are referred to the various voluntary
Welfare Centres that are comprised in the Lambeth .Maternity and
Child Welfare Scheme, and, in connection therewith, are visited and
re-visited systematically, the mothers attending at such Centres, if and
when they wish to do so.
It is impossible to give statistics of the educational \alue of this
visiting of houses wherein births have been notified, but there is no
doubt as to the existence of such value.
A list of all notified births is sent to the London County Council
weekly in pursuance of sub-section 5, of section 2, of the Act, and the
Medical Officers of Health concerned are written to in connection with
babies born in Lambeth Public Institutions but belonging to Districts
outside the Borough.
Of the total 7,782 notified births, 3,867 took place in Institutions,
and, of these 3,867 births, 1,703 belong to Lambeth and 2,164 to outside
districts, thus
Institutions.*
1 .ambeth
Cases.
Strangers.
Totals.
General Lying-in Hospital...
284
663
947
St. Thomas' Hospital
244
386
630
Lambeth Workhouse
320
46
366
Clapham Maternity Hospital
216
377
593
King's College Hospital ...
176
5'°
686
West Norwood Maternity Home ...
256
10
266
Other Nursing Homes (private) ...
207
172
379
Totals
1703
2164
3867*
Lambeth Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme.
The Lambeth Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme was
inaugurated by the Council on the 13th April, 1916, and, in connection
therewith, for administrative purposes, the Borough is now, with the
approval of the Ministry of Health, sub-divided into 12 administrative
welfare areas—each area administered by a separate voluntary welfare
centre, as follows : —
1. North Marsh, Cornwall Road, New Cut.f
2. The Barlev Mow, C2, Oaklev Street.
* Vide also Special Report on the Maternity Needs of the Borough of
Lambeth (Appendix III).
f Formerly North Marsh (Morley College), Webber Street.