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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
Hackney 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Under these arrangements seven beds at St. Bartholomew's
Hospital were reserved for Hackney mothers and 34 cases were
dealt with during 1944. An additional seven beds at Poplar
General Hospital have been reserved since February, 1945.
Charges for Maternity and Child Welfare Services.—During the
year the Council revised the income scale, adopted in 1920, for
assessing the ability of parents to contribute towards the cost of
maternity and child welfare services (other than the provision of
Home Helps) provided under the Council's scheme. This revision
had become necessary as a result of the increase during the war in
the cost of living. The following is the revised scale:—
| Cost to be borne by Applicant. | Number in family. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||||||||
| Up to and including | ||||||||||||||||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | |
| Free | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| 25% of cost | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 50% ,, | 22 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 |
| 75% „ | 24 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Above | ||||||||||||||||
| Whole cost | 24 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Children and other members of the family living at home and
earning are not counted as members of the family for the purpose
of the scale and their incomes are also omitted.
| Centre. | Sessions held. | New Cases. | Repeated Attendances. | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infants | Children | Mothers | Infants | Children | Mothers | |||
| Elsdale Street | 180 | 30 | 188 | 11 | 386 | 4162 | 216 | 4993 |
| Richmond Road | 55 | 19 | 63 | — | 240 | 1498 | — | 1820 |
| Totals | 235 | 49 | 251 | 11 | 626 | 5660 | 216 | 6813 |