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being present at each examination so that she may be given
any necessary advice as to the conduct of the case. The
second factor is that arrangements have been entered into
with the Middlesex County Council whereby women who are
to be admitted to Redhill County Hospital for their confinement
are, excepting for the first and terminal examinations
supervised at the ante-natal clinics. This has the two-fold
advantage of providing the expectant women with ante-natal
supervision reasonably near her home and in addition saves
congestion at the ante-natal clinics of the Hospital.
MATERNITY HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATION.
With the opening of the new maternity pavilion at
Redhill early in 1938 more beds became available for Hendon
mothers desirous of entering hospital for confinement, and at
first there was room at Redhill to meet all such demands.
Later, however, the authorities at Redhill had to select the
cases for admission owing to the large numbers applying, and
as a result only first pregnancies and women requiring special
medical treatment were accepted. As far as possible
women whose home conditions are unsatisfactory are also
admitted, but not all of these can be accommodated at Redhill.
Cases of the last-mentioned category can be admitted to Queen
Charlotte's Hospital and the City of London Maternity
Hospital under the existing arrangements with these hospitals.
The following table shows the admissions during the year:—
Redhill Hospital 213
Queen Charlotte's Hospital 43
City of London Maternity Hospital 12
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POST-NATAL EXAMINATIONS.
The routine post-natal examinations of all mothers who
attended the Council's ante-natal clinics have not been carried
out for want of time. Those mothers who go into hospitals
for confinement receive their post-natal examinations at