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Home Helps
An annual grant of £250 is made by the Council for use in
respect of maternity cases only,
69 cases were dealt with during the year, 65 being maternity
and 4 sickness cases.
Diphtheria Immunisation
"The Immunisation of children progressed very favourably during
the year, as will be seen by figures given below, through the various
schemes now operating. Immunisation is carried out by General
Practitioners; at the Council's Welfare Centres; the Wartime Day
Nurseries and by the London County Council Medical Officers at
their day schools.
The total number immunised since the inception of the Scheme
in 1936, amounts to 4,672. To show the progress made in this
work, the numbers are set out year by year:- 1936- 233;
1937- 617; 1938- 302; 1939- 158; 1940- 78; 1941- 590;
1942- 2694.
War-time Day Nurseries
Commencing the year with one Nursery in operation, five others
were put Into use at varying times from May to December. They
are sited throughout the Borough to meet the needs of the parents
as far as possible. The accommodation provides for 360 children
In the six Nurseries, with staffs totalling 73.
In addition to these Nurseries, the London County Council, in
co-operation with the Borough Council, opened, during the period
March to August,1942, four others at Rest Centres situated in
their schools, with a total capacity of 80 children,
The number of Day Nurseries under the control of the Council
is still expanding to keep up with war-time requirements.
Small-pox and Vaccination
Of the 929 births dealt with by the Vaccination Officer during
1941 a total of 405 (43.6%) were successfully vaccinated.
Figures for 1942. are not yet available. The number of
births referred to above do not include those births transferred
to St. Pancras from other Boroughs.
Comparable figures for 1930, 1939 and 1940 were 43.9%
41.8% and33.4% respectively.