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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
Dagenham 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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Birth Control Clinic.
A Birth Control Clinic under the auspices of a voluntary
committee is held once a fortnight. The Local Authority makes
a per capita grant to this body for persons who attended in whom
pregnancy would be detrimental on medical grounds. During the
year payments amounting to £10 19s. 0d. were made for this
purpose.