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Maternal Mortality.—2 Deaths from puerperal sepsis, giving
a maternal mortality rate of 1.22 per 1,000 births, live and still.
Unmarried Mothers. —The usual grant of £150 was made to
the Southwark Diocesan Association. 2 Battersea mothers were
admitted to their Homes and stayed for 227 days.
Home Helps.—During the year 20 cases were attended, the
cost to the Council being- £71 2s. 1d.
St. Thomas's Babies Hostel.—Alderman Mrs. Bowler was reappointed
to represent the Council on a Committee of Management.
Work done.—ln-patients 25 (8 mothers, 17 babies), total
stay 876 days. The annual grant of £400 per annum was continued
by the Council.
Nursing.—The District Nurses, under contract with the Council,
paid 3,884 visits to 393 cases, of which 152 were patients suffering
from infectious disease.
Sunlight Clinic.—46 Sessions were held and 509 attendances
were made during the year.
The St. Margaret's Day Nursery, which was evacuated on the
outbreak of war, remained at Horsham throughout 1944, and
was used, in common with other evacuated nurseries, for evacuees
selected by a central committee. The Council continued its financial
grant.
War-time Nurseries.—As a result of damage sustained by
enemy action, it became necessary to close the Albert Bridge Road
Nursery. The accommodation in the remaining five nurseries is
235, and the total attendances during the year numbered 49,836.
Child Life Protection. —3o foster-mothers were still on the
register at the end of 1944, but only 14 of these had nurse-children
(to the number of 16) in their care. The health visitors paid 249
visits to foster-mothers.
Infectious Diseases.

(For the purposes of comparison, the average number of cases
notified annually in the five years, 1939-43, is inserted in brackets.)
*Scabies became notifiable on 1st August, 1943.