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(or 22 per cent. of the total number of births).
It will be seen from the above tables that there are a large number of institutions
available for midwifery for St. Pancras women, and that considerable use is made of them.
The majority of these institutions are situated in the south of the Borough, and in this area a
very large proportion of the cases accept this treatment as out-patients. In the north of
the Borough the out-patient hospital service is not so available, the result being that
the majority of the cases are attended by medical practitioners or midwives. The following
table illustrates this:—

The Council subsidises the provision of midwifery for necessitous St. Pancras
residents by paying a grant to institutions which attend these cases, either free or at a
reduced charge. The grants arc at the rate of 5s. for each approved case attended at the
patient's own home, and £1 for each approved case admitted into the institution concerned.
Lists of the cases to be attended are supplied by the various institutions. Each
case is investigated by the staff of the Maternity and Child "Welfare Centre in whose area the
patient resides. Attendance at the ante-natal clinic can thus in suitable cases be advised, and
after the confinement the mother is urged to bring the baby to the Infant Consultations.
The following table gives particulars of the amounts paid to the various institutions for
attending necessitous St. Pancras cases during 1925;—