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0. —MEDICAL MISSIONS.
St. Pancras Medical Mission (Compton Place, Compton Street).
To help the necessitous poor, Id. a visit. Women and Children,
Tuesday, 9.30 ; Women only, Friday, 9.30.
Central Mission and Medical Dispensary (Havelock Hall, Gougli Street).
To help the necessitous poor. No charge. Medical Mission, Friday,
at 2.
7.—POOIi LAW DISPENSARIES OF ST. PANCRAS.
Northern Dispensary (Bower Cottage, Leigh ton Road), every morning.
Southern Dispensary (47, Clarendon Square), every morning.
The mother must first apply to the Relieving Officer of the Ward in
which she resides for an Order.
To the necessitous poor cards of introduction are given suitable to the
circumstances:—
(i.) In case of derangement of health or desire to wean—to medical
practitioners, hospitals, &c.
(ii.) In case of poverty requiring temporary assistance —to the Charitable
Societies or to the Guardians of the Poor, according to the nature of
the case.
(iii.) In case of want of work by other members of the family —to the
Labour Bureau.
WOMAN INSPECTOR'S REPORT.
Here follows the Report of Miss Gardiner, Woman Inspector, upon this
subject:—
To the Medical Officer of Health.
Sir,
Herewith I beg to submit a report of the work done during the year 1905,
in connection with the efforts being made in St. Pancras to lessen the deathrate
amongst Infants under 12 months of age.
This work comprised among other things :—
1. The distribution of Cards of Advice to Mothers.
2. Personal Pints to Mothers, after (and when possible, before), the birth
of the baby.
3. The referring of the Mothers and Infants to :—
(«) Private Doctors, Provident Dispensaries, Hospitals, &c., for the
necessary treatment to induce and prolong natural feeding.
(b) Various Religious and Charitable Organisations when the mother
herself was in need of extra food and milk, in order that she
might be able to continue suckling her baby.
4. The Conference on Infantile Mortality. (June 5th, 1905).