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(e) Other. There are no other hospitals in Woolwich
maintained or subsidised by the Local Authority or by the
County Council, but the Borough Council during the year
received the approval of the Minister of Health to a scheme
whereby the Council's Home for Ailing Babies will be closed
and equivalent accommodation provided in the Woolwich
War Memorial Hospital, which is nearing completion and
will be opened in September, 1926. The Council's proposals
provided for the maintenance of children's and maternity
beds, but up to the present the Minister has only approved
the scheme so far as it relates to children's beds.
ii. Institutional Provision for Unmarried Mothers, Illegitimate
Infants and Homeless Children in the Area. Woolwich
and Plumstead Maternity Home, Vicarage Park, Plumstead.
Detailed information regarding this home will be
found on page 160 in the Maternity and Child Welfare Section
of the report.
iii. Ambulance Facilities. (a) Ambulances for persons
suffering from infectious disease are provided by the Metropolitan
Asylums Board, and patients are removed free of
charge to the hospitals of that Board and to the London
Fever Hospital.
(b) Non-infectious and accident cases. The London
County Council provide an ambulance service for the County
of London for dealing with cases of accident and sudden illness
arising in the streets or public buildings. This service
has recently been extended to include maternity cases between
the hours of 11 p.m. and 8 a.m., and urgent cases during the
day time when accompanied by a doctor or a nurse. The
ambulances of the Asylums Board are available, on payment,
for the removal of non-infectious cases to hospitals or homes.