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(A) The condition as to minimum payment of 70 per cent.
of the accommodation, whether used or not, each quarter, to be
waived.
(B) Borough Council cases to the number of five to be given
preference for admission to the ward used for the Hampstead
Borough Council's cases, provided—
(a) that the County Council shall have the right to use unoccupied
beds;
(b) that the Borough Council's emergency cases of which less
than 14 days' notice of admission is given by the Borough
Council to the Medical Superintendent shall be given preference
for admission to the ward only so far as is practicable,
and that they may, if accommodation is not available
in the ward, be accommodated elsewhere in the
hospital.
(C) With regard to the Borough Council's cases which may
need more than four weeks' treatment in the hospital from the
date of confinement, the Borough Council to have the right to
give three days' notice at any time from the 25th day of treatment
that it will no longer be responsible for the cost of maintenance
of such patients, and, after the expiration of such notice,
the patient to be regarded as one for whom the County Council
and not the Borough Council is responsible.
(D) The rate of payment of 9s. 0d. a day for each occupied
bed to be continued.
These beds are available for married women only. During the
year 59 patients were admitted to this Ward.
Of the 59 cases admitted in 1932, 27 were assessed to pay
£1 l1s. 6d. weekly; 18 were assessed to pay £2 2s. 0d. weekly; 1 was
assessed to pay £2 10s. 0d. weekly; 10 were assessed to pay
£2 12s. 6d. weekly; and 3 were assessed to pay £3 3s. 0d. weekly.
The patients, who are admitted without the intervention of the
Relieving Officer, receive treatment from the Medical Superintendent
of the Hospital, and contribute towards the cost of their accommodation
according to the assessment of the Sub-Committee of the
Maternity and Child Welfare Committee.