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Causes of Sickness or Invalidity.
There was no cause of sickness or invalidity during the year
which calls for any special comment.
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR
THE AREA.
Hospitals Provided or Subsidised by the Local Authority.
Fever and Small-pox.
There is no fever hospital situated in the Borough. The
Metropolitan Asylums Board is responsible for the provision of
fever hospitals in London.
Tuberculosis.
The London County Council is responsible for the institutional
treatment of tuberculosis in London. They maintain no
institution in Camberwell.
Maternity.
The Borough Council subsidise two wards in St. Giles'
Hospital, Brunswick Square.
Children.
There are no children's hospitals in the area. The nearest
institution, viz., The Belgrave Hospital for Children, is situated
about one mile from the Borough boundary in the neighbouring
Borough of Lambeth.
Other Hospitals.
The residents of Camberwell are particularly fortunate in
having St. Giles' Hospital, (Camberwell Board of Guardians
Hospital) and a large number of General Hospitals within easy
access.
Institutional Provision for Unmarried Mothers.
National British Women's Temperance Association " House
of Help," 201, Camberwell Grove, S.E. 5, subsidised by the
Camberwell Borough Council.
Southwark Diocesan Association for Preventive and Rescue
Work, subsidised by the Borough Council for cases boarded out
in approved homes.
Ambulance Facilities.
(a) For infectious cases—The Metropolitan Asylums Board.
(b) For non-infectious and accident cases—Camberwell Board
of Guardians and General Hospitals for non-infectious, and the
London County Council for accident cases.
Midwives and Maternity Homes Acts, 1902-26.
The London County Council provided information that 37
midwives residing in the Borough of Camberwell gave notice of
their intention to practise during the year 1927.