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Dame Louise Mcllroy, M.D., D.Sc., 115A, Harley Street,
W.1.
J. V. O'Sullivan, M.D., F.R.C.S., M.C.O.G., 7, Wimpole
Street, W.1.
N. White, F.R.C.S., M.C.O.G., 115A, Harley Street, W.1.
A. J. Wrigley, M.D., F.R.C.S., 17, Harley Street, W.1.
Emergency Units.—Experience throughout the country has
shown that some lives are lost through women being sent to hospital
because the necessary expert services are not available in their homes.
Although not applicable to London so much as to less populated
districts, the Council decided, on the recommendation of the
Maternity and Child Welfare Committee, to make available to
Finsbury mothers, emergency units available day and night to attend
mothers whom it would be dangerous to move into hospital.
It was agreed that the most satisfactory arrangement would be,
as in the case of the consultant services, for the unit or units to be
available throughout Area B. The five constituent boroughs agreed
to the proposal that two emergency units should be provided for the
Area, one by St. Bartholomew's Hospital and the other by the
University College Hospital. Each borough agreed to pay a sum
of £5 to each hospital towards the cost of the equipment, and £7 7s.
each time the unit is called upon to deal with an obstetrical
emergency in their Area.
The emergency units consist of an obstetrician, a house-surgeon
and a nurse,with all the necessary equipment to deal with emergencies
such as a transfusion outfit, etc. In the case of a grave emergency
a midwife is authorised to call in the service direct. The service is
obtainable by ringing up St. Bartholomew's Hospital—Telephone
No. NATional 4444—or the University College Hospital—Telephone
No. EUSton 5050. No calls were made last year.
Confinements in London County Council Hospitals.
Last year 66 Finsbury mothers were admitted to neighbouring
London County hospitals for their confinements. The hospitals
concerned were St. Pancras Hospital, Pancras Road; St. Mary's
Hospital, Highgate Hill; St. Leonard's Hospital, Hoxton Street,
Bethnal Green Hospital, Cambridge Road; Hammersmith Hospital,
Du Cane Road; St. Leonard's Hospital, Nuttall Street; Mile End
Hospital, Bancroft Road; Sheffield Street Hospital, and St. James'
Hospital, Ouseley Road. A scheme of co-operation for the ante-natal
care of mothers booking with these hospitals for confinement was