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means of bringing about the general setting up of Infant Welfare Centres and
schemes not only in the metropolis but in this and other countries. From the
initiation of the scheme in St. Marylebone the centre at Marylebone Lane had
been a part and it was with great regret that the Borough Council found itself
unable to find a place for a further centre conducted on the premises of the
amalgamated Dispensaries (the St. Marylebone and Western General Dispensary")
at Cosway Street, the needs of the area being already most adequately met by the
Council's own clinics at 113, Marylebone Road and 14, Salisbury Street and
those at Queen Charlotte's Hospital and the Church Army.
The following extract from a statement required by the Ministry of Health
showing the arrangements made by the Council and by Voluntary Associations
providing Maternity and Child Welfare services in respect of which the Council
pay contributions under Section 101 of the Local Government Act, 1929, or otherwise,
contains much useful information on the work of this section. Tables on
pages 55 and 57 give further particulars of the work done at the various clinic
centres during the year.
Statement Showing Arrangements Made for Maternity and Child Welfare.
Number of births notified in the area during the year under the Notification
of Births Act, 1907, as adjusted by any transferred notifications: (a) Live
births, 907; (b) Still births, 31; (c) Total,* 938; (d) By midwives, 237;
(e) By doctors and parents, 95; (f) By hospitals, 255; (g) By Nursing
Homes, 74; (h) Inward transfers, 277.*
Health Visiting.
(i) Number of officers employed for health visiting at the end of the
year: (a) by the Council, 8; (b) by Voluntary Associations, nil.
(ii) Equivalent of whole time services devoted by the whole staff to
health visiting (including attendance at infant welfare centres):—
(a) in the case of Health Visitors employed by the Council, 6 ; (b) in
the case of Health Visitors employed by Voluntary Associations,
nil.
(iii) Number of visits paid during the year by all Health Visitors:—(a)
To expectant mothers, first visits,† 2 58; total visits, 538. (b) To
children under 1 year of age, first visits,† 609; total visits, 5,496.
(c) To children between the ages of 1 and 5 years, total visits, 9,023
*The total of the figures given under (d), (e), ,(f), (g) and (h) agree with the
figure under (c).
†Excluding cases which are known to have previously been visited in another
district.
Infant Welfare Centres.
(a) Number of Centres provided and maintained by the Council, four
(including a three year old pre-school clinic).
(b) Number of Centres provided and maintained by Voluntary
tions, 4 (one was closed down at the end of June and another at
the end of October, 1936).
(c) Total number of attendances at all Centres during the year: (i) By
children under 1 year of age, 10,689 (7,625 St. Marylebone
residents); (ii) By children between the ages of 1 and 5 years,
10,311 ( 7,611 St. Marylebone residents).