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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Pancras 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Grants for Midwifery Attendance (Necessitous Cases).
| £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Free Hospital | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital | 42 | 15 | 0 |
| Maternity Nursing Association | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital | 65 | 0 | 0 |
| City of London Maternity Hospital | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| Middlesex Hospital | 81 | 15 | 0 |
| £275 | 10 | 0 |
The corresponding grants for the three previous years were £412 5s. 0d., £705 and
£713 5s. 0d.
The considerable reduction for 1924 and 1925 is due to the investigation now made,
which excludes cases not necessitous, or which are not residents of the Borough.
Government Grants.
Government Grants were made during the year ended March 31st, 1926, in respect of Maternity and Child Welfare, as follows:-
| £. | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Pancras Borough Council | 6115 | 11 | 4 |
| St. Pancras School for Mothers (Ampthill Square) | 595 | 9 | 4 |
| ,, ,, (Chalton Street) | 138 | 2 | 11 |
| North St. Pancras School for Mothers | 98 | 16 | 1 |
| Grafton Road Mothers' and Infants' Welfare Centre | 26 | 17 | 5 |
| * Mary Ward Settlement School for Mothers | 34 | 0 | 8 |
| Camden Town Mothers' and Infants' Welfare Centre | 100 | 7 | 6 |
| Argyle Square Mothers' and Infants' Welfare Centre | 10 | 2 | 6 |
| Caversham Road Mothers' and Infants' Welfare Centre | 290 | 16 | 6 |
| South Highgate Mothers' and Infants' Welfare Centre | 53 | 8 | 5 |
| Maternity Nursing Association (for Maternity and Child Welfare Centre) | 83 | 3 | 6 |
| * Maternity Nursing Association (for extern Midwifery and Maternity Nursing) | 407 | 19 | 3 |
| * University College Hospital (for Maternity and Child Welfare) | 877 | 19 | 5 |
| * „ ,, (for Midwifery and Nursing) | 191 | 0 | 0 |
| * Royal Free Hospital (for extern Midwifery and Maternity Nursing) | 83 | 0 | 0 |
| * „ ,, (for Maternity and Child Welfare Centre) | 239 | 13 | 5 |
| * „ „ (in respect of the Marlborough Maternity Section) | 1021 | 8 | 8 |
| St. Pancras Dispensary (Infant Clinic) | 276 | 1 | 4 |
| Mayoress of St. Pancras Home for Sick Children | 575 | 0 | 0 |
| Whitefield Day Nursery | 281 | 1 | 3 |
| Kentish Town Day Nursery ., | 288 | 7 | 0 |
| Margaret Club and Day Nursery | 241 | 8 | 11 |
* Including expenditure on work amongst residents outside St. Paocras.