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(II) Queen Charlotte's Hospital.
The Borough Council subscribes £1 in respect of every Hampstead
mother confined in this Hospital. During 1938, the number of
Hampstead women for whom such contribution was made was 29.
(III) Queen Mary's Maternity Home, Heath Street.
This Home is available for the wives of ex-service men. The
Borough Council does not make a grant to the Home. During 1938,
50 Hampstead mothers were confined there.
The Children's Hospital, College Crescent.
The Borough Council has an arrangement with this hospital
whereby sick and ailing children, and children needing minor operations
such as circumcision, removal of tonsils and adenoids, etc., are
admitted. The Borough Council pays 21s. per week per bed occupied
and the parents are assessed to pay according to their means. During
1938, no children were thus treated at the Hospital. The total number
of beds in the Hospital for children under five years of age was 16.
Convalescent Homes and Other Institutions.
Convalescent Homes.
During 1938, 15 mothers, convalescent after their confinements,
with their babies were sent to Convalescent Homes; the Borough
Council being responsible for the payment and the applicants being
assessed by the Assistance Sub-Committee to contribute according to
their means. The Convalescent Homes concerned were as follows:Wayside
Cottage Convalescent Home 14
Aston Clinton „ ,, 1
The following Homes are managed by Voluntary Committees and
receive grants from the London County Council under the Local
Government Act, 1929.
Beauchamp Lodge, Paddington.
The Borough Council has an arrangement with Beauchamp Lodge
Emergency Home for Children, 2, Warwick Crescent, Paddington, for
the boarding-out of children under five years of age whose mothers
have been admitted to Hospitals for their confinements. The Borough
Council pays 12s. 6d. per week per bed occupied, the parents being