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from the Ministry of Health. The Institute has accommodation
for five unmarried mothers and their children, and for five
expectant mothers. Babies are usually kept until four months
old. The housework is done by the expectant and nursing
mothers. The women are confined as a rule in Queen Charlotte's,
the City of London or the Royal Free Hospital, while a few are
sent to North Middlesex Hospital. The accommodation is
becoming insufficient for the institute's work, and negotiations
are in progress to obtain additional premises with accommodation
for 12 nursing or expectant mothers and for " toddlers " as well
as for babies.
Hospitals.—The North Middlesex Hospital (Edmonton
Union) has 950 beds for in-patients. The number of Hornsey
cases admitted during the year was 874, viz., 177 maternity cases
and 697 other cases. Thirty of the maternity cases were mothers
attending the Council's Welfare Centres.
The Hornsey Central Hospital, with 49 beds, dealt with 910
cases, of which 809 belonged to Hornsey.
The Council contributed £50 last year to the Hospital.
Midwives.—In addition to the Municipal Midwife, who in
controlled and paid by the Council, there are 17 Midwives notified
to the County Council as practising in the Borough. The County
Council is the Local Supervising Authority under the Midwives
Acts.
Lying-in homes.—There are 19 lying-in homes registered
with the County Council under the Middlesex County Council
(General Powers) Act, 1921.
Clinic and Treatment Centres.—
Maternity and Child Welfare Centres.
(No. 1.) Brook Road Hall, N.8. (opened 1916).
Monday (2nd and 4th in month), 2-4.
Wednesday, 10-12 and 2-4.
Thursday, 10-12 and (ante-natal) 2-4.
(No. 2.) 22, Wightman Road, Harringay, N.4. (opened 1918).
Monday (1st and 3rd in month), ante-natal, 2-4.
Tuesday, 10-12 and 2-4.
(No. 3) Church Road Highgate, N.6. (opened October, 1925).
Friday, 10-12 and 2-4.