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St Pancras 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: In the following table particulars are given for 1934, with reference to all St. Pancras women who were attended in their confinements by the staff of the various institutions:—

In the following table particulars are given for 1934, with reference to all St. Pancras women who were attended in their confinements by the staff of the various institutions:—

Institution.Admitted as In-patients.Attended at Home.
By Students.By Midwives.
University College Hospital35524119
Royal Free Hospital8321..
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital47..54
St. Pancras Hospital408..3
Middlesex Hospital128..31
Queen Charlotte's Hospital91..1
City of London Hospital23....
Royal Northern Hospital29....
St. Bartholomew's Hospital3....
Other hospitals140..2
Queen Mary's Maternity Home49..
Maternity Nursing Association....211
Totals1356262321

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The cases admitted as in.patients represented 53*7 per cent, and those attended at home
23.1 per cent, of the total number of St. Pancras births. A.s compared with the previous year,
there was a decrease in the number of cases attended at home and an increase in the number
of those admitted as in.patients.
The Borough Council pays a subsidy to certain hospitals for the admission of cases to
their maternity wards, and also pays a subsidy for cases attended at home by midwives on the
staff of certain institutions. No subsidy is paid for cases attended by medical students.

Table: The following table gives the names of the hospitals, etc., and the amount paid during the past year :—

The following table gives the names of the hospitals, etc., and the amount paid during the past year :—

£s.d.
Royal Free Hospital—
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital400
Queen Charlotte's Hospital800
City of London Hospital750
Middlesex Hospital2900
University College Hospital9600
Maternity Nursing Association1100
Total£145150

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The corresponding grants for the previous three years were: £115 5s. 0d.,
£174 10s. 0d., and £215 10s. 0d.