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Mayday Hospital.
The institution provides the following accommodation:—
Male Beds Surgical 32
Medical 64
Tuberculosis 32
Mental 32
Female Beds Surgical 32
Medical 128
Tuberculosis 32
Mental 32
Children's Beds 60
Maternity Beds 22 with 14 cots additionally.
Total 466 beds.
The Purley and District War Memorial Hospital.
This is situated on the Brighton Boad close to the boundary
between Groydon and Purley. It is supported entirely by voluntary
aid and offers the following provision:—
Mules (surgical and medical) 10 beds ; Female (surgical and
medical) 20 beds; Children 8 beds; Maternity 6 beds; together
with 6 private wards; a total of 50 beds.
During the year an addition of 10 female beds was made.
The Norwood and District Cottage Hospital.
Males (surgical and medical) 15 beds; Female (surgical and
medical) 15 beds. In addition there are two private wards; a
total of 32 beds.
Provision for Unmarried Mothers, Illegitimate Infants and
Homeless Children.
Provision is made at Mayday Hospital and at various Children's
Homes. Unmarried mothers are admitted to Mayday Hospital:
and to St. Mary's Hospital for the first confinement only, as well
as to a maternity home at Norwood, established by the Free
Church Council. Two other Voluntary Institutions also offer
facilities for unmarried mothers, namely, The Mission of
Hope, Birdhurst Lodge, and the Bescue and Preventive Home,
34, Morland Boad, Croydon. The Mission of Hope also receives
illegitimate children from various districts, as a preliminary to
establishing them with foster mothers or adopting parents. The
Babies Help Committee of the Croydon Mothers' and Infants'
Welfare Association is especially concerned with individual cases
of unmarried mothers and their children.