London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Walthamstow 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
This page requires JavaScript
72
CARE OF ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN
The action taken under Circular 2866/1944 is fully set out
in the report for that year. The Council has an agreement with
the Walthamstow Moral Welfare Association, which provides a
hostel of 19 beds staffed by three whole-time workers.
The chief difficulties in 1948 were again to secure accommodation
for confinements and suitable foster mothers. The local
Day Nurseries helped very considerably.
Every possible step has, as in previous years, been taken to
ensure that the care of illegitimate children does not fall below
that given to children who are legitimate. The figures quoted
below give a comparison between illegitimate and legitimate rates.