The Malthusian League was a British organisation which advocated the practice of contraception and the education of the public about the importance of family planning.
[7] The league initially restricted itself primarily to an "educative role" which emphasised the importance of Malthus' economic arguments rather than practical information about birth control.
The league believed that the sole cause of poverty was an excess of births, and therefore opposed socialism, considered strikes and reforms of labour laws to be "useless.
The League began plans for a birth control clinic in 1917, but these stalled until they received funds from the philanthropist Sir John Sumner.
The clinic finally opened on 9 November 1921 at 153a East Street, Walworth with Norman Haire as their honorary medical officer, three afternoons a week.