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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 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras]
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each case the necessary subsequent attendances, and for calls not for the
confinement itself, but before or after confinement 5s. for the first visit
(10s. 6d. if between 9 p.m. and 9 a.m.) and 2s. 6d. for each subsequent visit.
Subsequently a fee of one guinea to a doctor called in to administer an
anaesthetic was added to the scale.
The following applications were received during 1917, the first coming in on 7th November:—
| Mother or Infant. | Nature of emergency. | Fee paid. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| s. | d. | |||
| Infant | Incomplete expansion of lungs | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| Mother | Abortion with profuse haemorrhage | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Infant | Incomplete expansion of lungs | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| Mother | Severe lacerated perineum | 0 | 17 | 6 |
| Infant | Prematurity and ophthalmia neonatorum | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| Mother | Secondary haemorrhage | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Formation of Maternity and Child Welfare Advisory
Sub-Committee.
During 1917 an invitation was issued by the Council to the different
Maternity and Child Welfare Centres in the borough to appoint representatives
to a committee upon which the Council were also to be represented.
The committee was subsequently appointed as a sub-committee of the Public Health Committee under the title Maternity and Child Welfare Advisory Sub-Committee and with the following membership:—
| Representing. | Name. |
|---|---|
| Borough Council | The Mayor (Alderman C. W. Matthews, J.P.).' The Chairman of the Public Health Committee (Councillor M. J. Swift). The Vice-Chairman of the Public Health Committee (Councillor A. Davis). Councillor A. Escott {Chairman). Alderman C. Williams. Councillor C. A. Coggan. Councillor G. F Cosburn, J.P. Councillor H. Rolles. |
| St. Pancras School for Mothers | Lady Meyer. Mrs. Hopkins. Dr. Matilda Hunt. |
| North St. Pancras School for Motheis (Three Centres) | Counte-s Grey. Viscountess Wolmer. Mrs. Mia'l Smith. |
| Passmore Edwards Settlement School for Mothers | Mrs. E. R. Thouless. |
| Camden Town Mothers and Infants Welfare Centre | — |