While Jack Crawford is serving at sea his pregnant wife Alice has access to all the care she needs at the local North London welfare centre.

North London, 1940 - enter a world of floral-patterned housecoats, mangles, old GLC gas cookers and no-nonsense midwives. The experience of the expanding Crawford family illustrates the increased importance of family welfare centres during WWII. Look out for the visitor carrying a bag bearing the words 'Tottenham Welfare Centre' - perhaps a clue to the film's location.

Story of the maternity and child welfare services showing their increased
importance in war-time conditions.