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MASS MINIATURE RADIOGRAPHY
During the year some 324 persons working in Yfestmincter attended the
London County Council miniature radiography unit whilst it was operating in
other London Boroughs. Of these 9 were referred for further examination.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE
There are four purpose-built maternity and child welfare centres in the
City, three built by the City Council and one by the City of Westminster Health
Society. They are situated as follows t-
1, Bessberough Street, 3.'.7.1.
1, Ebury Bridge Road, S.W.I,
Marshall Street, W.l.
and the Health Society Centre at 121, Marsham Street., 8»fc.l.
In addition Infant clinics are held once a vwe'; la hired. accommodation at
The German Church,'
19, Montpelier Place, S.W.J.
and
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The London Medical Mission,
Short's Gardens,
Endell Street, W.C.2.
MATERNITY BEDS FOR WESTMINISTER MOTHERS
In view of the acute shortage of maternity beds during the year, the City
Council in their endeavour to find additional accommodation for Westminster
mothers were fortunate enough to enter into arrangement's with the General
lying-in-Hospital, York Road, Lambeth, which was to be re-opened after the repair
of war damage, for the reservation of two maternity beds for Westminister mothers
sent through the Council's maternity and child welfare centres.
Westminster Hospital, with whom the Council have for many years had an
arrangement for the reservation of two maternity beds, were already booked up
and were unable to allocate any further beds for this purpose.
Charing Cross Hospital, with whom the Council also has an arrangement
for the admission of Westminster mothers sent through the Centres but where the
Council has no definite reservation of beds, also offered to assist by admitting
an increased number of Westminster mothers consequent on the reduction of the
lying-in period which would enable them to admit more patients into their maternity
ward.
The Council were also able to enter into arrangements with St.George's
Hospital, who were re-opening their maternity word- after war-damage repairs,
for the reservation of two beds for mother;' sent through the Council's Centres.
This hospital accommodation is in addition to the maternity beds available
to Westminster mothers provided by the London County Cornell at Westminster
Hospital, at its own hospitals in London, and in the evacuated maternity homes
in the country.
The number of Westminster mothers who had their babies in hospital or
maternity homes during the year wore 1,094 as compared with 249 home
confinements.
DAY NURSERIES
In December 1945 the Government intimated that the reimbursement of the
cost of maintaining war-time day nurseries by the Exchequer would not be
continued after 31st March, 1946, but that a special grant would be made as from
the 1st April, 1946, towards the cost of approved schemes of day nursery provision