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There is also an agreement with St. George's Hospital for admission of
individual cases to beds, payment being made therefor by the City Council.
Apart from the City Council's own maternity scheme, beds are available
in the London County Council hospitals, e.g., St. Stephen's, and also in
voluntary hospitals such as Charing Cross, Middlesex, General Lying-in,
etc., but these beds have to provide for cases not only from London but
from the Home Counties as well, and this applies to some extent to
Westminster Hospital.
Hospital beds are available as follows:—Charing Cross, 15; St.
George's, 11; Westminster, 12; Sheffield Street, 30; *St. Stephen's,
28. 438 women belonging to the City were delivered in these hospitals.
The following table shows the number of confinements in the hospitals
mentioned:—
Table LY.—Confinements in Hospitals.
Charing Cross Hospital: 481, of which 60 were Westminster cases.
St. George's Hospital: 303, of which 74 were Westminster cases.
Westminster Hospital: 276, of which 108 were Westminster cases.
Sheffield St. Hospital : 158, place of residence doubtful.
St. Stephen's Hospital: 196 (Westminster cases only).
Convalescent Treatment.—The Council has during the year contributed
towards the cost of the convalescent treatment of 11 Westminster patients
at convalescent homes, and 19 necessitous mothers, suffering from poor
health following confinement, have been sent to various convalescent
homes with their babies at the cost of the Council, to recuperate for
appropriate periods. The total cost of this service to the Council was
£46 4s. 9d.
Maternal Mortality.—The number of maternal deaths in Westminster
during the year ended December, 1936, was 1, which gives a maternal
mortality rate of 0.9 per thousand (live and still) births, as compared
with the rate for the whole country of 3.81 per thousand (live and still)
births.
Child Welfare.
Consequent on the death of Dr. Ethel Vernon in the early part of the
year, it was decided to appoint a part-time woman doctor with special
experience in conditions associated with pregnancy and the puerperium
to conduct ante-natal and post-natal clinics at the Council's three centres,
and a male practitioner with special experience in pediatrics to conduct
* Situated in Chelsea.