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Lower Clapton Road, and the City of London Maternity Hospital,
City Road, and particulars of the accommodation and income of
these institutions are here given :—
(a) Salvation Army Mother's Hospital, Lower Clapton Road.
The audited accounts which were submitted for examination for
the year ended 31st December, 1918, show that the total cost for
maintenance and administration amounted to £6,679 14s., the
in-patients admitted during the year numbered 969, the average
period each patient was resident was 25½ days, and the average
cost of each in-patient during residence was £6 18s. 8d. The income
during the same period from all sources, including payments by
patients, grants from funds, entertainments and other sources, fell
short of the expenditure by £1,620, which difference was met by
a grant to balance the amount from the Salvation Army Women's
Social Work Fund.
The patients from the Hackney Borough dealt with at the
hospital during the stated period numbered 263, comprising 248
married mothers and 15 unmarried mothers, and, on the basis of
the average of £6 18s. 8d. per patient, the total expenditure in
dealing with the 263 patients amounted to £1,823 9s. 4d., whilst
the sums paid by the patients amounted to £993 8s., indicating
that in connection with the treatment of Hackney patients, the
expenses exceeded the contributions by the sum of £830 1s. 4d.
Dealing further with the statistics appertaining to the patients
from Hackney for the year ended 31st March, 1919, the Salvation
Army informed the Committee that 28 patients were able to contribute
sums in excess, 84 contributed more than 50 per cent., and
151 less than one-half the average cost of maintenance.
The Maternity and Child Welfare Committee considered that
the work carried on at this hospital clearly comes within the scope
of maternity and child welfare work, producing important and far-
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