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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 Maternity Hospital, as well as to a maternity
home at South Norwood, established by the Free Church Council.
One other Voluntary Institution also offers facilities for unmarried
mothers, namely, The Mission of Hope, Birdhurst Lodge. 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.
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
This Society, through their Inspectors, helped the department
in various ways. During the year 11 cases were dealt with. The
reasons for reference were: general neglect, 5; other causes, 6.
These cases affected the welfare of 13 children, and entailed 34
visits by the Inspectors.
AMBULANCE FACILITIES.
(1) Two Motor Ambulances are provided by the Council for
the removal of infectious cases from the Borough and Penge.
(2) For non-infectious, surgical or medical cases—
(a) Two motor ambulances provided by the Council for
the removal of cases to the Mayday Hospital and
operating from the hospital.
(b) Four motor ambulances provided by the Council
operating from the Chief Fire Station, Park Lane.
(c) Three motor ambulances operating from the Addiscom.be
Division of the St. John's Ambulance Brigade.
(d) One motor ambulance provided by the Public
Assistance Committee and operating from Queen s
Road Homes.