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The following Tables give the number of St. Pancras women who were attended at
their own homes in their confinement by the staff of the various institutions undertaking
this -work in the Borough, and the number of St. Pancras women who were admitted for their
confinements as in-patients to these Institutions:—
Midwifery.

It will be seen from the above tables that there are a large number of institutions
available for midwifery for St. Pancras women, and that considerable use is made of them.
The majority of these institutions are situated in the south of the Borough, and in this area a
very large proportion of the cases accept this treatment as out-patients. In the north of
the Borough the out-patient hospital service is not so available, the result being that
the majority of the cases are attended by medical practitioners or midwives. The following
table illustrates this:—