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The following Homes are managed by Voluntary Committees and
receive grants from the London County Council under the Local
Government Act, 1929.
Beauchamp Lodge.
The Borough Council has an arrangement with Beauchamp Lodge
Emergency Home for Children, 2, Warwick Crescent, Paddington, for
the boarding-out of children under five years of age whose mothers
have been admitted to Hospitals for their confinements. The Borough
Council pays 12s. 6d. per week per bed occupied, the parents being
assessed to contribute according to their means. No children from
Hampstead families were admitted under this arrangement during the
year. An alternative arrangement exists whereby such children may
be boarded-out with approved "foster-mothers" at the same charge
of 12s. 6d. per week, the parents being assessed to contribute towards
the cost as heretofore, but this facility was not utilised during 1937.
The Foster Home, 33, Fitzjohn's Avenue.
This institution occupies a house with a large garden. There are
28 beds, which are always occupied, for "first" babies of unmarried
mothers. During 1937, 15 babies were admitted, the remainder having
been admitted prior to 1937. On an average, one-half of the total
children accommodated come from Hampstead.
The Hampstead Hostel for Mothers and Babies, 7 Fitzjohn's Avenue.
This hostel occupies a large house with an extensive garden.
It receives unmarried expectant mothers and mothers with young
babies after discharge from Hospital. During the year 1937, there
were beds for 10 expectant mothers and 8 beds, with cots, for mothers
and babies in the hostel : 24 expectant mothers were admitted and
39 mothers were admitted with their babies; and 3 women were
received after still births.
The Cross Roads Club, 88-90, Alexandra Road.
This Club receives unmarried expectant mothers prior to their
confinements, and also arranges for their immediate future; in some
cases the mothers return to the Home after confinement with their