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St Pancras 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]

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Notifications of expectancy
from public institutions.
Notification of births from
persons present.
To the Medical Officer of Health.
General Advice Cards to Mothers.
Health Visitors' attentions to poorer class Mothers.
Fathers—Wage earners.
Mothers — Well- informed,
healthy and thrifty.
Infants — Brtast-fed.
Referred to School
for Mothers
Superintendent.
Referred to various
other co-operating
agencies.
Revisited from time to
time till weaning.
All going well.
Revisited at weaning.
Medical Division.
Periodical consultation
and weighing.
Referred by Medical
Officer to
Provident Division.
Doctor or Midwife.
Baby clothes, etc.
Extra help and extra
nourishment during
confinement.
School Division.
Periodical instruction in
• the arts of motherhood
at the School
and at home. (See
letterpress below.)
Department for Dinners
for nursing mothers.
Indigent cases assisted
(after inquiry) from
Special Fund.
Department for Infant's
Milk.
Indigent eases assisted
(after inquiry) from
Special Fund.
Department for Daynursing.
Indigent cases assisted
(after inquiry) from
Special Fund. >
The following is the Time Table of the School and the names of some of
the present workers:—
Dinners. —1.30 to 2.30 p.m. every day but Sunday.
Tuesday. — Infant Weighing and Consultations, 2.15 to 3,30: Dr. Hardie,
Miss Turner, Miss Haslam, Mrs. Muscrop-Robinson.
Tuesday Evening.—Men's Evening, 8 to 10 p.m.: Mr. Gibbon, Mr.O.
de Vos.
Wednesday.—Baby Clothes Class, 2 to 4 p.m. Lectures on "Infant
Care" and "Training of Children over Twelve Months," 3 to 4.
Lecturers.—The Ladv Superintendent (L.C.C.) and Mrs. Kelsey
(L.C.C.).
Baby Clothes Class.—Mrs. Lattimer.