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Hampstead 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]

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Creches (Day Nurseries).
Foster Home.
Hospital treatment for sick and ailing children and for the performance
of minor operations.
Consulting Obstetricians, whose help is available in cases of difficulty or
abnormality.
Milk and food for expectant or nursing mothers and for children.
In pursuance of the Local Government Act, 1929, the Minister
of Health prepared a scheme determining, in relation to Voluntary
Associations providing Maternity and Child Welfare services, which
are to be treated as services in respect of which the County Council
is to contribute, and which are services in respect of which the
Borough Council is to contribute.
Details of this scheme were published in the Annual Report for
1930.

Table: The following Institutions received financial aid from the Borough Council:—

The following Institutions received financial aid from the Borough Council:—

Name and Address of Institution, etc.Nature of Maternity and Child Welfare Services rendered.Amount of Council's Contribution.
New End Hospital, New End, N.W.3.Maternity Ward of 5 beds.9s. per day per bed occupied. Patients assessed to pay according to their means.
Queen Charlotte's Hospital, Marylebone Road, N.W.I.Beds for Confinement cases.£1 per Hampstead mother admitted.
Beauchamp Lodge Emergency Home for Children, War-wick Crescent, Paddington, W.Boardine-out of chil-dren under five years of age whose mothers are in hospitals for confinement, illness, etc.12s. 6d. per week per bed occupied. Parents assessed to pay according to their means.
Kilburn and West Hampstead District Nursing Association, 20, Dennington Park Road, N.W.6.Provision of Mid-wives. Nursing of cases of Measles, Ophthalmia Neonatorum, etc. Note.—Cases of Pneumonia, Influenza, etc., are also nursed, similar fees being paid therefor.£200 per annum. 2s. 6d. per visit for first case in a family and 1s. 3d. per visit for second and subsequent cases, if visited at the same time.
Hampstead District Nursing Association, 3, Pond Street, N.W.3.Provision of Mid-wives. Nursing of cases of Measles, Ophthalmia Neonatorum, etc. Note.—Cases of Pneumonia, Influenza, etc., are also nursed, similar fees being paid therefor.£3 3s. 0d. per case. 2s. 6d. per visit for first case in a family and 1s. 3d. per visit for second and subsequent cases, if visited at the same time.