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be washed. After their bath the babies will be wrapped in
towels and taken into the nursery. The first bedroom on this
floor will accommodate three mothers and their babies and
three toddlers. The second bedroom will take three mothers
and babies and one toddler. On the same floor along the
other corridor four mothers will sleep in the best bedroom.
The small bedroom adjoining the bathroom is the matron's
bedroom. Of the remaining two bedrooms on this floor, the
larger one will accommodate three mothers and babies and
two toddlers and the smaller room two mothers and babies.
The bathroom on this corridor will be for the use of the staff.
Above this corridor on the second floor the nurse will sleep
in one room, the second room being kept empty as an isolation
or emergency bedroom.
The cook and the two domestic servants will sleep on the
second floor above the linen room and bathroom at the end
of the other corridor.
Accommodation.
Accommodation will thus be provided for 15 mothers, 12
babies and 6 toddlers. This estimate of the accommodation
is conservative and provisional.
The number of births in the Borough last year was 3,167.
It is impossible to say what proportion of the mothers require
convalescent treatment, but, in my opinion, at least 50 per
cent, of them would benefit greatly by such treatment. The
accommodation at Fairby Grange will allow for the treatment
of approximately 350 to 400 mothers annually, so that, even
if the convalescent home is full all the year round, the need
will only partially be met. It cannot, of course, be assumed
that all those who need treatment will be able to avail
themselves of the opportunity offered at Fairby Grange.
Probably those whose need is greatest will be the least able
to go away, either on account of the expense or because of