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Queen Charlotte's Auxiliary Hospitals, Invermead, Goldhawk
Road.
(a) This hospital provides 20 beds for normal cases.
No beds are actually reserved for Borough Council cases,
but during the year 30 mothers residing in Hammersmith
were confined in Invermead.
(b) Queen Charlotte's Hospital Auxiliary Hospital for
Treatment and Investigation of Puerperal Sepsis, Ravenscourt
Square. This Hospital contains 30 beds.
INSTITUTIONAL TREATMENT FOR
UNMARRIED MOTHERS.
St. Margaret's Hostel, 466, Uxbridge Road, W.12.—
Accommodation for 10 mothers and their infants. This
hostel is conducted by a voluntary society towards which
the Ministry of Health contributes.
Hammersmith and Chiswick Refuge for Friendless
Girls, 36, Glenthorne Road, W.6.—Accommodation for 7
mothers and their infants. Supported by voluntary subscriptions.
Jewish Hostel for Girls, Gharcroft House, Roseford
Gardens, W.12.—Accommodation, 18 beds and 13 cots.
This hostel is conducted by a voluntary society towards
which the London County Council contributes.
DOMICILIARY MIDWIFERY SERVICE.
This service was transferred to the London County
Council in January, 1938.
Queen Charlotte's Hospital District Nurses, Longthorpe
Lodge, Goldhawk Road, W. 12.
These nurses book and attend cases during confinement
and the puerperium in their homes in the district.
Number of cases attended in 1938 161
Ante-natal and post-natal clinics are held in connection
with these district cases.