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SEALED by order of the Guardians of the
Poor of the Parish of Poplar Borough
in the presence of
(Sgd.) W. H. HANCOCK,
Deputy Clerk to the Guardians.
The scale of income for assessing patients was included in the Annual
Report for 1927.
As stated in the Agreement, a ward for the reception of patients
recommended by the Council was taken over on the 1st September. Up
to the end of the year, 35 mothers had entered the ward for their confinement.
The numbers of applications received and agreements signed to the
end of 1929 were 92 and 58 respectively.
In order that prospective patients should be informed as soon as
possible of the amount they would be expected to contribute, the
Maternity and Child Welfare Committee agreed that applications, as
received, should be assessed by the Medical Officer of Health and
submitted to the first meeting of the Committee for confirmation or
modification.
Patients who are unable to pay the Council's assessment are advised
to see the Lady Almoner at St. Andrew's Hospital, with a view to being
admitted to the Guardians' wards.