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Birth Control Clinic.
The Borough has an arrangement with the North Kensington
Women's Welfare Centre for birth control, and during the year two
patients were sent for advice.
Home Helps.
During the, year two full time Home Helps were appointed.
We were fortunate in obtaining suitable women and fully expect, as
the scheme grows, that more and more use will be made of the services
of these women. A Home Help scheme is a difficult one to
administer, in that the work is intermittent and cannot be regulated.
Births frequently do not occur at the exact time expected, and so a
steady supply of cases cannot be guaranteed to the Home Helps.
If they have been booked for a certain time and the birth is delayed,
the Home Helps must stand by until the iase comes off and in these
circumstances we have utilised their services in the Borough's Wartime
Day Nurseries, where they are available at a minute's notice.
A table of cases is appended. It is hoped in the future to extend
the service to cover other than confinement cases, or pregnant
women who have been ordered extra rest, but up-to-date this has
not been possible.
Total Number of Cases booked for the Year 1943.
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jly. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
— 212—346244— =28
Number of cases attended (a) Full time 13
(b) Part time 8
Number of cases cancelled 5
Removed to another Borough 1
Birth took place in Hospital 1
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