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Lambeth 1925

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

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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 7,734 notified births, 4,047 took place in Institutions, and, of these 4,047 births, 1,760 belong to Lambeth and 2,287 t0 outside districts, thus:—

Institutions.*Lambeth Cases.Strangers.Totals.
General Lying-in Hospital245685930
St. Thomas' Hospital242386628
Lambeth Workhouse34847395
Clapham Maternity Hospital212460672
King's College Hospital208509717
West Norwood Maternity Home2746280
Other Nursing Homes (private)231194425
Totals176022874047

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 committee, as follows:—
1. North Marsh, Cornwall Road, New Cut.f
2. The Barley Mow, 52, Oakley Street.
*Vide also Special Report on the Maternity Needs of the Borough of
Lambeth (Appendix III) of the 1924 Annual Report of the Medical Officer of
Health.
† Formerly North Marsh (Morley College), Webber Street.