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MATERNITY WARD, ST. ANDREW'S HOSPITAL.
The following is a copy of the agreement which was executed by the
Council and the Poplar Board of Guardians during the year, and approved
by the Ministry of Health:—
THIS AGREEMENT made this Twenty-eighth day of AUGUST,
One thousand, nine hundred and twenty-nine, between the Guardians
of the Poor of the Parish of Poplar Borough (hereinafter referred to
as the Guardians) of the one part and the Mayor, Aldermen and
Councillors of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar (hereinafter
referred to as the Council) of the other part, wherein it is agreed that
the Guardians shall provide for the use of the Council certain
accommodation and services for lying-in mothers, including services
incidental thereto as more particularly detailed as follows:—
(1) A self-contained suite of wards at the Guardians' St.
Andrew's Hospital, Devons Road, Bow, E.3, consisting of
a Labour Ward of 12 beds and Labour Room, together with
lavatories, etc., shall be provided for the use only of such
maternity patients as shall be admitted to the said wards
upon the authority of the Council.
(2) In consideration of the Guardians providing for such patients'
maintenance and the services (including medical attendance
and nursing) and accommodation herein stated, the Council
shall pay to the Guardians a sum of three pounds (£3) for
each and every bed occupied for each and every week and a
proportionate sum for each day on which any bed is occupied
for a number of days less than seven, and further, the Council
shall pay a sum of ten shillings (10s. od.) per week in respect
of each and every bed wholly unoccupied for each and every
week and a proportionate rate for each day on which any
bed is unoccupied for a number of days less than seven.
For the purpose of this clause, the number of days on
which the said 12 beds are occupied or unoccupied as the
case may be, shall be aggregated and the Guardians shall
render an account to the Council accordingly.