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St Pancras 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Government Grants.
Government Grants were made during the year ended March 31st, 1923, in respect of Maternity and Child Welfare as follows:—
| £ | s. | d. | |
| St. Pancras Borough Council | 7,233 | 19 | 8 |
| St. Pancras School for Mothers (Ampthill Square) | 595 | 5 | 9 |
| „ „ (Chalton Street) | 108 | 0 | 6 |
| North St. Pancras School for Mothers | 123 | 1 | 1 |
| Grafton Road Mothers' and Infants' Welfare Centre | 51 | 18 | 11 |
| *Mary Ward Settlement School for Mothers | 27 | 7 | 1 |
| Camden Town Mothers' and Infants' Welfare Centre | 7 | 10 | 9 |
| Centres at Argyle Square, Oseney Crescent and Falkland Road | 320 | 18 | 0 |
| South Highgate Mothers' and Infants' Welfare Centre | 20 | 11 | 9 |
| Maternity Nursing Association (for Maternity and Child Welfare Centre) | 65 | 17 | 3 |
| *Maternity Nursing Association (for extern Midwifery and Maternity Nursing) | 469 | 0 | 0 |
| *University College Hospital (for Maternity and Child Welfare) | 859 | 19 | 7 |
| * ,, „ (for Midwifery and Nursing) | 242 | 0 | 0 |
| *Royal Free Hospital (for extern Midwifery and Maternity Nursing) | 164 | 0 | 0 |
| *„ „ (for Maternity and Child Welfare Centre) | 200 | 0 | 0 |
| *„ „ (in respect of the Marlborough Maternity Section) | 1,881 | 8 | 4 |
| St. Pancras Dispensary (Infant Clinic) | 315 | 10 | 0 |
| Mayoress of St. Pancras Nursing Fund (Home Nursing) | 79 | 17 | 11 |
| Mayoress of St. Pancras Home for Sick Children | 694 | 18 | 5 |
| Whitefield Day Nursery | 270 | 8 | 8 |
| Kentish Town Day Nursery | 449 | 17 | 10 |
| Margaret Club and Day Nursery | 445 | 8 | 2 |
*Including expenditure on work amongst residents outside St. Pancras.
DIARRHOEA AND ENTERITIS.
The year 1922 was much more favourable than 1921 in regard to these diseases. There
were 47 deaths in all, of which 37 were of children under five years of age, 36 of children under
two, and 31 of children under one year. The cause of these favourable figures is no doubt the
favourable climatic conditions of the year, which were in contrast with the drought of the
previous year. The following table will enable the figures for recent years to be compared.
It will be seen that 1922 ranked with 1920 and 1912 as highly favourable years. The
meteorological records for 1922 will be found in Table 6 on page 94.