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Mothers and Babies in the Home, 1st January, 1922
4 mothers and 4 babies
Mothers admitted during the year 10
Mothers with babies admitted during the year 2
Births in the Home 7
Deaths —
Average duration of stay of each completed case
6-7 months.
When the girls are due to leave the Home, situations are
found for them, and, if possible, the mother takes the child
with her, otherwise a foster mother is found for the child.
During the year all the girls, with one exception, have taken
their babies with them to service. The Superintendent keeps
in touch with the girls after they have left, either by letters,
or, when they are near enough, by asking them to visit the
Home in their off-duty times.
Nearly all the girls attended the Ante-Natal Clinics of the
Borough Council.
A grant of £50 was made by the Council during the year,
towards the funds of the Home.
Ambulance Facilities. (a) Infectious Cases. Under the
Public Health (London) Act, persons in London suffering
from certain notifiable diseases may be conveyed to Hospital
and treated gratuitously in a Hospital of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board, and persons suffering from any dangerous
infectious disease may be conveyed by ambulance to other
places on payment.
(b) For non-infectious and accident cases. An ambulance
service was established by the London County Council in
London in 1915 in order to deal at all times with persons
suffering from accidents or sudden illnesses in the streets or
in public places. Subsequently this service was extended