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Maternity and Child Welfare from 1st January to 4th July, 1948.
Maternity Beds for Westminster Mothers.
The arrangements for maternity beds in Westminster, Charing Cross,
St. George's and the General Lying-in-Hospital which the City Council
had built up since 1919, have now come to an end and are the responsibility
of the Regional Hospital Board.
Confinements in Hospital and at Home.
The number of Westminster babies born in Hospitals and Nursing
Homes during the period referred to numbered 564 as compared with 146
born at home.
Day Nurseries
Day nurseries provided by the City Council are situated at the undermentioned
premises:—
1, Bessborough Street, S.W.1, with accommodation for 70
children 0 to 5 years of age.
37-39, Bloomfield Terrace, S.W.1, with accommodation for 59
children 0 to 5 years of age.
Regency Street, S.W.1, with accommodation for 60 children 0
to 5 years of age (opened on 8th June, 1948).
The average number of children accommodated daily in the nurseries
during the period referred to were:—
Bessborough Street Day Nursery 51
Bloomfield Terrace Day Nursery 50
Regency Street Day Nursery 36
The City of Westminster Health Society, a voluntary organisation
performing Maternity and Child Welfare services in the St. Margaret and
St. John Wards, also conducted a part-time Day Nursery for 30 children
at 121, Marsham Street. The City Council made a grant of £1,200 to
this society during the financial year 1948-49. The society remains as
a voluntary body not transferable to the London County Council but
receiving a large annual grant from the latter in respect of its Maternity
and Child Welfare services for the inhabitants of this part of the City.
Maternity and Child Welfare Centres.
The four maternity and child welfare centres in the City, three built
by the City Council and one by the City of Westminster Health Society
are situated as follows:—
1, Bessborough Street, S.W.1;
1, Ebury Bridge Road, S.W.1;
Marshall Street, W.1; and
The Health Society Centre, at 121, Marsham Street, S.W.1.