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Arrangements for pathological work:—Pathological and
Bio-chemical Laboratories.
No. of patients during 1937 :—4,343 in-patients and 43,586
out-patients and casualties.
Is the hospital provision for the area adequate?—There is
always an average of about 190 patients waiting for
admission.
Name:—Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital.
Situation:—Ravenscourt Square and Goldhawk Road.
Purpose:—
(а) *Treatment of and research into Puerperal Sepsis.
(б) †Normal Maternity, auxiliary to Queen Charlotte's
Hospital.
(c) Ante-natal Clinics and District Midwives' Home.
No. of available beds:—30 Puerperal Fever and 20 ordinary
Maternity.
If used by persons resident outside the area, in what
proportion:—
(а) Isolation Block:—98.7 per cent, outside.
(б) Invermead :—88.8 per cent, outside.
Management:—Voluntary Agency.
No. of beds available for the following services:—
Maternity 20
Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia 30
Nurseries for 30 babies.
Facilities available for:—
(1) Operative Surgery — Fully equipped Theatre,
Anaesthetising and Recovery Rooms.
(2) X-Ray—By arrangement with St. Mary's Hospital.
(3) Dental—No Dental Clinic, but services of Hon.
Dental Surgeon available.
(4) Ophthalmic—No Ophthalmia Clinic, but services of
Hon. Ophthalmic Surgeon available.
(5) Massage—By outside masseuse.
Arrangements for pathological work:—All pathological work
done in the " Bernhard Baron Memorial Research
Laboratories " adjacent, under the Hospital's Director
of Research and staff of 7 fully trained research workers.
No. of patients during 1937 :—343 Maternity (35 Hammersmith
patients), 373 Puerperal Sepsis.