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V .
Ambulance Facilities.
Early in the year the London County Council decided that their
Ambulance Service should be available, without charge, throughout the
day and night, for the conveyance from any address in the County to
hospitals or municipal institutions in the County of parturient women
who have made arrangements for their admission thereto.
Maternity Beds.
(I) New End Hospital.
The Borough Council has made an arrangement with the London
County Council whereby a ward containing five beds is set aside for
Borough Council cases. The Borough Council contribute 9s. per day
per bed occupied, and the patients are assessed by the Assistance
Sub-Committee of the Borough Council to contribute according to
their means. These beds are available for married women only.
During the year, 46 patients were admitted to this Ward.
(II) Queen Charlotte's Hospital.
The Borough Council subscribes £1 in respect of every Hampstead
mother confined in this Hospital and receives Hospital Letters
of Admission in return. During 1935, the number of Hampstead
women for whom such contribution was made was 39.
(III) Queen Mary's Maternity Home, Heath Street.
This Home is available for the wives of ex-service men. The
Borough Council does not make a grant to the Home. During 1935,
77 Hampstead mothers were confined there.
The Children's Hospital, College Crescent.
The Borough Council has an arrangement with this hospital
whereby sick and ailing children, and children needing minor operations
such as circumcision, removal of tonsils and adenoids, etc., are
admitted. The Borough Council pays 21s. per week per bed occupied
and the parents are assessed to pay according to their means. During
1935, one child was thus treated at the Hospital. The total number
of beds in the Hospital for children under five years of age was 16.
Medical Investigation Sub-Committee.
The work of this Committee continues to prove of great value.
It consists of the medical members of the Council (E. Collingwood