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St Pancras 1927

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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36
Midwifery.
There are a large number of institutions, situated either within or near the Borough,
which provide midwifery attendance either at the patient's home or by admission as
in-patients.

Table: In the following table particulars are given, for 1927, with reference to all St. Pancras women who were attended in their confinements by the staff of the various institutions:—

In the following table particulars are given, for 1927, with reference to all St. Pancras women who were attended in their confinements by the staff of the various institutions:—

Institution.Admitted as In-patients,Attended at Home.
By Students.By Midwives.
University College Hospital320563127
Royal Free Hospital12018..
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital13*131..
St. Pancras Hospital182....
Middlesex Hospital121..49
Queen Charlotte's Hospital155....
City of London Hospital56....
Royal Northern Hospital25....
St. Bartholomew's Hospital..2..
Other hospitals38....
Queen Mary's Maternity Home54....
Maternity Nursing Association....296

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*Attended by qualified staff.
It will be seen from the above table that full use is made of the institutional facilities
which are available.
The cases admitted as in-patients represented 33 per cent. and those attended at home
36 per cent. of the total number of St. Pancras births. As compared with the previous year
there was a decrease in the number of cases attended at home and an increase in the number
of those admitted as in-patients.
The Borough Council pays a subsidy to certain hospitals for the admission of cases to
their maternity wards, and also pays a subsidy for cases attended at home by midwives on the
staff of certain institutions. No subsidy is paid for cases attended by medical students.

Table: The following table gives the names of the hospitals, etc., and the amount paid during the past year:—

The following table gives the names of the hospitals, etc., and the amount paid during the past year:—

£s.d.
Royal Free Hospital1300
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital800
Queen Charlotte's Hospital5700
City of London Hospital2200
Middlesex Hospital44150
University College Hospital103150
Maternity Nursing Association15150
Total£26450

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The corresponding grants for the previous three years were £216 5s. 0d., £275 10s. 0d.
and £412 5s. 0d.