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Hospitals.
Municipal.—Particulars of the various hospitals in the City have been
fully outlined in previous reports. One municipal hospital is situated in
the City, viz.:—that in Sheffield Street, controlled by the London County
Council, which has 82 beds, 30 for parturient venereal cases and 52
for ordinary cases suffering from venereal disease.
Voluntary.—There are 12 voluntary hospitals and two military
hospitals in the City.
The City Council has by agreement entered into an arrangement with
two hospitals for the admission of certain patients, viz.:—
(a) With St. George's Hospital for the admission and treatment of
maternity patients.
(b) With Westminster Hospital for—
(i) The provision of maternity beds for patients sent through
the Council's maternity and child welfare centres.
(ii) The services of midwives to attend necessitous women in their
own homes.
(iii) The provision of skilled obstetric assistance to medical
practitioners in difficult cases of midwifery occurring in
the patients' own homes.
(iv) The provision of skilled medical assistance to midwives in
difficult cases.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
The statutory powers with which the Council is endowed for providing
services under this heading have enabled a comprehensive welfare scheme
to be established. Before the consideration of details it might be of
advantage to summarize these services as follows. They are:—
(1) Care of the expectant mother by—
(а) Visits of advice by health visitors.
(b) Attendance at ante-natal clinics under the care of a woman
gynaecologist.
(c) Confinement at home by a midwife.
(d) Services of an obstetric consultant in case of difficulty.
(e) In the event of illness after confinement the services of an
obstetric consultant, pathologists, nursing and treatment
in hospital.
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