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inaugurated through the West Norwood Welfare Centre for a very
special and specific purpose, viz., to meet the want of a suitable
Maternity Home for people (living in the West Norwood District) who
object to make use of the Poor Law administration or to accept Lyingin
Hospital or General Hospital accommodation, and who were not in
a financial position nor properly housed to be attended as private cases.
These people form a large section of the community, and it is most
desirable that they should have the opportunity of making use of such
a Home as the West Norwood Maternity Home for purposes of
confinements, so as to avoid such confinements taking place at their
private, unsuitable, and, in the majority of cases, overcrowded homes.
Peace and quiet are all essentialfor expectant mothers during their
confinements.
Addendum.
N.B.—Since the above report was presented to the Council, the
official figures are now available for the whole of the year, 1924, based
upon the 7782 total notified births as follows:—
Total
Cases.
Lambeth
Cases.
NonLambeth
Cases.
Total beds
available
for Lambeth
and NonLambeth
Cases.
1. Guardians Cases
366
320
46
40
2. Hospitals—
(1) Maternity:
(a) General Lying-in
947
284
663
36
(b) Clapham Maternity
593
216
377
50
(2) General:
(a) St. Thomas's
630
244
386
22
(b) King's College
686
176
510
24
3. Maternity Homes—
(1) Municipal (West Norwood)
266
256
10
13
(2) Other Private Houses under
L.C.C. administrative supervision
379
207
172
72
Instilutional Cases
3867
1703
2164
257
4. Remaining Cases, e.g. Private
Cases—
(Medical Practitioners and Midwives)
3915*
3915*
—
?
Totals
7782
5618
2164
?
* Medical Practitioners 1432, Midwives 2843.