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London County Council: There are 18 beds in
the Maternity ward in Bethnal Green Hospital, and 3
mid-wives are employed. Dr. W. P. Greenwood informs
me that 315 maternity cases (including 10 stillbirths)
were dealt with in the year. An ante-natal clinic is
held weekly for women intending to enter the hospital
for confinement and 309 women made 1,398 attendances
at the Clinic, 177 of the mothers were also seen
at the post-natal clinic, making 267 attendances thereat.
Other.
There are 2 private midwives living and practising
in the borough while about 6 others who reside outside
also occasionally practice in the borough.
The maternity services connected with the London
Hospital, City of London Maternity Hospital, Salvation
Army Midwives, Maternity Home, 24, Underwood
Street, E.l, Maternity Hospital, 384-396, Commercial
Road, E.l, 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 courtesv of
the respective Secretaries, I have been informed that
Bethnal Green mothers were confined as follows :—
In
Hospital
At
Home
Ante-Natal
Attendances
City of London Maternity Hospital
City Road
43
1
*
Mothers' Hospital, Clapton
26
98
318†
East End Maternity Hospital
32
—
*
Jewish Maternity Hospital, Stepney
40
1
162
London Hospital, Whitechapel
252
228
2,383
*Figures not furnished.
†Relating to 59 mothers attending.
The Royal London Maternity Charity granted 115 free
midwives' letters to Bothnal Green mothers during the year.
MEDICAL TREATMENT OF PERSONS INSURED
UNDER THE NATIONAL (HEALTH)
INSURANCE ACTS.
Arrangements are made by the London Insurance
Committee. I understand that 79 medical practitioners