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the Ante-natal Clinic to the Maternity Hospital and
were admitted without financial assistance from the
Council.
The total number of women admitted to the Hospital
during the year was 214, and of this number 163 were
from the Borough area.
There are within the Borough ten institutions maintained
by private and voluntary effort coming within the
classification of Maternity Hospital and Homes, and
registered under the Nursing Homes Registration Act,
1927. Including the Maternity Hospital, these institutions
provide 26 maternity beds, to which 277 maternity
cases were admitted during 1931.
Details of maternity and nursing homes registered
by the Local Authority under the Nursing Homes Registration
Act, 1927, appears later in this report under the
section dealing with the Summary of General Provision
of Health Services in the Area.
The whole question of adequate maternity hospital
accommodation for the Borough must continue to exercise
the attention of the Local Authority. This matter I have
discussed in previous reports.
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia.
During the year the arrangements with the Sevenoaks
Isolation Hospital for treatment, isolation, etc.,
came under review with a view to adopting a more
economical scheme. The arrangements with Sevenoaks
were terminated in December, and the Council has
entered into an arrangement with Queen Charlotte's
Maternity Hospital, London, for the reception and treatment
of cases of Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia
at their Isolation Block, Ravenscourt Square, Hammersmith.
Cases will be conveyed to the Hospital by the
London Ambulance Service of the London County
Council.
One case of Puerperal Fever, and one case of Puerperal
Pyrexia were notified during 1931 under the Public
uealth (Notification of Puerperal Fever and Puerperal
Pyrexia) Regulations, 1926. The former case was
admitted to the Sevenoaks Isolation Hospital for treatment.