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Bethnal Green 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]

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The maternity services connected with the London
Hospital, City of London Maternity Hospital, Salvation
Army Midwives, Maternity Home, 24, Underwood
Street, E.1, Maternity Hospital, 384-396, Commercial
Road, E.1, and Royal London Maternity Charity,
although these Institutions are situated or directed
from outside the Borough, are also largely used by
residents of the Borough. Through the courtesy of
the respective Secretaries, I have been informed that
Bethnal Green mothers were confined as follows:—
In At Ante-Natal
Hospital Home Attend'nces
City of London Maternity Hospital,
City Road 53 3 224
Mothers Hospital, Clapton 25 143 155
Jewish Maternity Hospital, Stepney 54 11 *
London Hospital, Whitechapel 274 366 *
*figures not available.
MEDICAL TREATMENT OF PERSONS INSURED
UNDER THE NATIONAL (HEALTH)
INSURANCE ACTS.
Arrangements are made by the London Insurance
Committee. I understand that 91 medical practitioners
are on the medical panel for the Borough, 34 of whom
have consulting rooms in the Borough.
AMBULANCES.
As a full account of the L.C.C. ambulance arrangements
was given in last year's Annual Report I do not
deem it necessary to repeat the information.
How to Obtain an Ambulance or Ambulance
Omnibus.
The vehicles are available at any hour of the day
or night including Sundays and public holidays.
To call an ambulance by telephone, in cases of
accident or sudden illness in the street, place the
telephone receiver to the ear (and dial "O" if