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General Remarks.
There are a number of General Hospitals within easy reach of the
Borough. Patients from the northern part of the Borough attend the
Queen's Hospital, Hackney Road (Children), or the London Hospital
which is attended also by inhabitants of other parts of the Borough. For
patients living in the southern portion of the Borough the Miller Hospital,
Greenwich, is not far distant.
Among other Voluntary Hospitals which serve the locality are the
Dreadnought Hospital, Greenwich (for Seamen), the East London H cspital
for Children, Shadwell, and the City of London Chest Hospital, Victoria
Park.
Children.
At the Observation Wards two five-cot wards and an isolation ward
are provided for children suffering from malnutrition, etc. (See report
of Consulting Physician, page 144).
The Royal College of St. Katharine also have accommodation for
6 children suffering from malnutrition, etc., and 6 cots for tonsillectomy
cases.
(9) Maternity and. Nursing Homes.
At St. Andrew's Hospital there is a maternity block, consisting of
three wards, labour rooms and theatre, with accommodation for
approximately 36 cases.
(10) Maternal Mortality.
All maternal deaths and all cases of Puerperal Fever and Puerperal
Pyrexia are specially investigated. (See Maternity and Child Welfare
Section, page 143.)
(11) Institution for unmarried mothers, etc.
There is one such Institution in the Borough but it is not in any
way connected officially with the Council.
(12) Institutional provision, if any, for the care of Mental Defectives.
Institutional treatment for mental defectives is provided by the
London County Council. There are no institutions in the Borough dealing
with this class of patient.