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The Camden Town Mothers and Infants Wtlfare Centre, Greenland Street,
N.W.
This centre was started on 20th April, 1915, in rooms in the St.
Michael's Mission Buildings. Consultations for infants and
expectant mothers once a week.
The Highgate Road Maternity Centre, 5, Grove Terrace, Highgate Road,
N.W.
Started in November, 1914, in rooms lent by the St. Michael's
Nursery College (Mrs. Bernard Mole). Open once a week,
when expectant mothers are interviewed by the doctor, and,
if necessary, examined and advised. Mothers in need are
referred to the Invalid Kitchen, Maiden Crescent, and the
Kentish Town Dining Rooms for Mothers.
The Mothers' and Infants' Welcome, 40, Argyle Square, King's Cross, W.C.
This centre was started in a house of its own on 13th May, 1915.
It is open every day in the week and has a weekly consultation
for nursing and expectant mothers.
The Maternity Nursing Association, 73, Oakley Square, W.C.
This as-ociation added to its maternity work on 21st March, 1915, a
consultation for nursing and expectant mothers which is to be
held weekly.
University College Hospital, Gotcer Street, W.C.
Medical students and midwives from this hospital attend gratuitously
about one-quarter of the births in the borough. An obstetric
physician sits once a week for the purpose of interviewing, and,
if necessary, examining, advising, and treating the expectant
mothers, and an infant consultation is held weekly at the
hospital. There is a Samaritan Fund from which needy mothers
are assisted. This hospital attending as it does such large
numbers of births has a magnificent opportunity for maternity
and infant welfare work.
The Royal Free Hospital, Gray's Inn Road, W.C.
Has a scheme in preparation for maternity and infant welfare work
on a large scale, including maternity consultations, beds for
lying-in, and for illness of pregnancy, &c., operation rooms,
infant consultations and home visiting. The scheme is already
in partial operation.
These ten centres are so arranged that with a few exceptions there is no
part of the borough more than half a mile from a centre.
All the Infant Consultations above-mentioned give treatment for minor
illnesses of young children, but not for more severe cases. For the latter, in