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Convalescent Treatment.
The practice of sending approved cases for convalescent
treatment was continued, and during the period under review
18 children received treatment for one month, 2 for six weeks,
1 for a term of five weeks, and one mother and her infant for
a period of one month.
Peckham, Nunhead and District Day Nursery.
A marked increase in the number of attendances of
children at the above Institution during the year was
recorded, there being 4,195 attendances, as compared with
2,657 for the year 1922.
The nursery was open on 246 days, and the average daily
attendance was 17. From October 26th to November 23rd
the Institution was closed, owing to an outbreak of measles.
Midwives' Fees.
In three instances authority was given for the payment
of the midwife's account for services rendered to indigent
mothers in confinement.
Midwives.
For the year under review there were 44 practising
midwives in the Borough.
Hospitals Provided or Subsidised by the Local Authority.
Maternity.
A private ward containing six beds at the St. Giles' Hospital, Brunswick
Square, Camberwell, subsidised by the Borough Council.
Hospitals available for the District.
King's College, Denmark Hill, S. E. 5.
Camberwell Board of Guardians Institutions.
Institutional Provision for Unmarried Mothers, etc.
Southwark Diocesan Association for Preventive and Rescue Work Home,
24, He Crespigny Park, Camberwell, S. E. 5, subsidised by the Camberwell
Borough Council.
National British Women's Temperance Association " House of Help," 201,
Camberwell Grove, S. E. 5, subsidised by the Camberwell Borough Council.
Ambulance Facilities.
(a) For infectious cases. The Metropolitan Asylums Board.
(6) For non-infectious and accident cases. London County Council for accident
cases.