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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
Shoreditch 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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128
Home Helps attended in 127 cases, as follows:—
Midwives' cases 86
Doctors' cases (nurse also provided) 4
City of London Maternity Hospital 14
St. Bartholomew's Hospital 17
Royal Free Hospital 1
St. Leonard's Hospital 2
Cases approved by Committee under special circumstances
3
127
Application for a Home Help is made by the husband, who is required to
state his earnings and to give the name of his employer.
The Home Help is provided in those cases in which the family income per head is within the following scale:—
| Number in Family. | Income per head after deduction of rent. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free. | Half price, i.e., 6d. per hour. | |||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | |
| 1 | 21 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| 2 | 18 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| 3 | 15 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 13 | 6 | 19 | 0 | |
| 5 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 0 |
| 6 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 0 |
| 7 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 8 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 9 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 10 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| 12 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Ante-Natal Consultative Centres.
Agreements, in force since 1st April, 1930, have been entered into—one
with the City of London Maternity Hospital and the other with St.
Bartholomew's Hospital, under which cases may be referred for examination
and report by a member of the Honorary Staff for a fee of half-a-guinea,
and for admission to the wards at a charge of two guineas per week. The
number of cases referred under the agreement during 1933 was: to St.
Bartholomew's Hospital 2, to City of London Maternity Hospital 15.