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excellent management of this hospital, and in my experience
the lying-in nurses trained here do credit to the matron.
The Infants' Home, No. 35, Great Coram Street.
There were 6 deaths in this house or home, all being
described as children of female domestic servants; 4 died
from atrophy and debility; 1 from convulsions; and 1 from
diarrhoea.
I am still of opinion that this and all institutions where
such young children are received, should be registered and
placed under official supervision.
The Bloomsbury Dispensary, Streatham Street.
Dr. Steele, the resident medical officer of the Dispensary,
has kindly given me the following information respecting
the number of the sick poor attended during the past year
by the physicians and surgeons attached to the institution:-