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61
per cent. per cent.
Percentage of Boys requiring treatment for all def-cts = 43.7 London = 47.5
,, ,, ,, ,, excluding nutrition
and dental defects = 7. 0 „ = 14.9
,, Girla ,, ,, for all defeats = 47..2 ,, = 47.2
,, , ,, ,, excluding nutrition
and dental defects = 5.6 ,, = 13.5

Home Nursing.
Full details of the scheme for home nursing by the Nurses of
the two local Associations will be found in Section 2 of this Report,
Treatment of Minor Ailments.
The Scheme of Home Nursing has been amended to include the
treatment of minor ailments. Details of the arrangements with the
Nursing Associations will be found in Section 2 of this Report.
Ambulance Facilities.
The London County Council Ambulance Service is 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.
By arrangement with the London County Council, a ward containing
five beds is set aside for Borough Council cases. The Borough
Council contributes 9s. per day per bed occupied, and 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 44 patients were admitted to
this Ward, their average duration of stay being fourteen days.