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(2) The General Lying-in Hospital (York Road).
(3) The Clapham Maternity Hospital (Jeffreys Road).
N.B.—In connection with (1) and (2), Infants' Consultations
Centres have been established at the Hospitals
concerned for their own particular mothers and their
babies, which have been born in, or in connection
with, such Hospitals. These Infants' Consultations
Centres rank as Welfare Centres for grants under the
Scheme.
Last, but not least, is the Council's Municipal Milk Depot and
Infants' Consultations Centre (66, York Road, Westminster Bridge
Road), which, naturally, also form an important part of the Scheme,
and rank for grants under such Scheme.
Financial Grants in Connection with the
Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme.
The principle of making financial grants out of the Borough rates,
which was adopted by the Council during 1917, it still being carried
out, and grants have been made during the past year to the voluntary
Infants' consultations welfare centres, the creches or day nurseries and
the infants' clinics that have received grants from the Ministry of Health
-the Borough Council grants being dependent automatically on the
Ministry of Health grants and being 75 per cent, of such Government
grants.
In the case of the Maternity Home (West Norwood),* the
Council makes a grant in the first instance, and the Ministry of Health
repays to the Council up to 50 per cent, of such grant.
In addition, the Council makes special donations towards
inauguration (equipment, etc), in connection with newly-started
voluntary welfare centres, or centres that have removed to new
premises, larger and better suitable for administrative purposes, subject
to such being approved as part of the Council's Maternity and Child
Welfare Scheme, and subject to the previous sanction of the Ministry
of Health. The statistics of work done by the 14 voluntary Welfare
Centres during the year 1924, are satisfactory, and include a large
number of visits and re-visits paid by Health Visitors and are
# During 1924 (calendar year), 266 mothers were confined at the Home (11 by
doctors and 255 by midwives), whilst, in addition, 36 mothers were confined in the
district by midwives connected with the Home. No case of puerperal sepsis and
no case of ophthalmia neonatorum or other ophthalmia was reported, but medical
assistance was sought by the midwives in 33 cases (at the Home 30, on the District 3).