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(1) The Maternity Wards of St. Thomas's Hospital,
(Westminster Bridge).
(2) The General Lying-in Hospital (York Road).
(3) The Clapham Maternity Hospital (Jeffreys Road).
N.B.—In connection with (1) and (2), Infants' Consultas
tions Centres have been established at the Hospitalconcerned
for their own particular mothers and their
babies, which have been born in, or in connection
with, such Hospitals. These Infants' Consultations
Centres rank as Welfare Centres for grants directly
under the Scheme, both from the Ministry of Health
and the Borough Council, none from the latter being
given to the Maternity Hospitals in connection with
actual maternity work (lying-in wards).
Last, but not least, is the Council's Municipal Milk Depot and
Infants' Consultations Centre (66, York Road, Westminster Bridge
Road), which, naturally, also form an important part of the Scheme,
and rank for Government grants under such Scheme.
Financial Grants in Connection with the
Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme.
The principle of making financial grants out of the Borough rates,
which was adopted by the Council during 1917, is still being carried
out, and grants have been made as approved during the past year
—the Borough Council grants being dependent automatically on the
Ministry of Health grants and being 75 per cent. of such Government
grants.
In the case of the Maternity Home (West Norwood),* the
Council makes a grant in the first instance, and the Ministry of Health
repays to the Council up to 50 per cent, of such grant.
In addition, the Council makes special donations towards
inauguration (equipment, etc.), in connection with newly-started
voluntary welfare centres, or centres that have removed to new
premises, larger and better suitable for administrative purposes, subject
to such being approved as part of the Council's Maternity and Child
Welfare Scheme, and subject to the previous sanction of the Ministry
of Health. The statistics of work done by the voluntary Welfare
Centres during the year 1925, are satisfactory, and include a large
number of visits and re-visits paid by Health Visitors and are
*During 1925 (calendar year), 280 mothers were confined at the Home (9 by
doctors and 271 by midwives), whilst, in addition, 43 mothers were confined in the
district by midwives connected with the Home. No case of puerperal sepsis and
no case of ophthalmia neonatorum or other ophthalmia was reported, bin medical
assistance was sought by the midwives in 34 cases (at the Home 33, on the District r).