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City of Westminster 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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The attendances by mothers at the clinics are detailed below:— Table L.—Ante-natal Clinics.

Centre.Sessions.First Attendance.Subsequent Attendances.Total.No. of Individuals.
Ebury Bridge52168534702197
Bessborough Street49166432598192
Marshall Street24389012845
Westminster Health Society.2271296367110

These clinics are held at the following times:—
Ebury Bridge Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 12 noon.
Bessborough Street Thursday, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Marshall Street Tuesday, 10.30 a.m. to 12.30
p.m., fortnightly.
Westminster Health Society Thursday, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.,
fortnightly.
Ante-natal clinics are also held at Charing Cross, St. George's, Westminster
and Middlesex Hospitals for mothers who have made arrangements
for their confinements with these hospitals.
Institutional Provision for Mothers and Children.
Maternity Beds for Complicated Cases and for those with Unsuitable
Home Conditions.—By agreement with Westminster Hospital the Council
has the right of admission for cases recommended through its welfare
centres to beds in Westminster Hospital up to 100 patients per
annum.
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. 349 women belonging to the City were delivered in these hospitals.
* Situated in Chelsea.
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