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Maternity and. Child Welfare. 73
daily. The standard fee is 10s. 6d. per week, but necessitous
cases are admitted free, or at a reduced fee, according to circumstances.
Medical practitioners can recommend children for admission
and are allowed to attend them while in the Hospital.
115 infants were admitted in 1936, 60 from addresses in the
Borough and 55 from outside the Borough. Most of the cases
were infants suffering from Nutritional Diseases, Debility, Respiratory
Diseases, Nervous Diseases and Enteritis.
There is one other large institution in the Borough which
accommodates 60 children up to the age of five years.
There are also five institutions or hostels for the reception
of expectant unmarried mothers, all in connection with rescue
work. In two cf them the mothers are admitted some months
previous to the confinement, while in three they are admitted
towards the end of pregnancy. In most of these homes the
mothers are expected to remain some months after confinement.
Arrangements have been made for medical practitioners to attend
at these hcstels when necessary, and some of the infants attend
the most convenient Infant Welfare Centre.
The Council pays grants to the Southwark Diocesan Association
for Preventive and Rescue Work, towards the maintenance
of unmarried mothers usually resident in the Borough in the
institutions of the Association. During 1936 assistance was
granted in respect of 11 cases at a cost of £59 18s. 6d.
Similar grants are made to the Mission of Hope, but no cases
were assisted during 1936.
Convalescent Treatment.
During the year, 11 mothers and nine children were sent to
Convalescent Homes. The cost of this service was £72 12s. 0d.
Wandsworth and Tooting Children's Clinic.
This Clinic provides artificial sunlight, massage and electrical
treatment for children of all ages. 317 children have been treated