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Through the courtesy of the Matron, I am able to report
that during the year the number of nursing mothers in
residence was 49 and their length of stay was about 3 to 4
weeks. The number of children was 36. The charges are
25s. per week for a nursing mother and baby, and £1 Is. per
week for nursery children. The cases are medically examined
weekly.
British Hospital for Mothers and Babies. This institution,
which comprises a School for Midwives and a Maternity
Hospital provides accommodation for 14 indoor cases. At
the end of 1921, a new building in Samuel Street (to replace
the, existing one in Wood Street) had almost been completed.
The new Hospital provides accommodation for 40 indoor
cases and negotiations have been in progress for some time
whereby sufficient accommodation will be reserved for 144
Borough Council cases per annum.
I am informed by the Secretary, Miss Alice Gregory, that
the number of cases admitted during the year was 202, the
number of births, 201, the number of outdoor cases, 281.
There is an ante.natal and post.natal clinic at this Institution
at which 902 cases attended during the year.
Woolwich and Plumstead Maternity Home. For unmarried
mothers there is a small home at 23, Vicarage Park,
Plumstead. The accommodation is for 8 mothers and babies.
Through the courtesy of the Superintendent, I am able to
give the following information with regard to this Home:—
Number of mothers and babies in the Home,
1st January, 1920 . . 8 mothers and 8 babies.
Number of mothers admitted during the year 13