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(e) Children. The Council's Home for Ailing Babies,
Eglinton Eoad, Plumstead. This home, which was taken
over by the Council on the 1st April, 1919, was closed on the
24th June, 1926. Detailed information regarding this home
will be found on page 121.
(f) Others. At the present time there are no other
hospitals in Woolwich maintained or subsidised by the Local
Authority or the London County Council, but the Borough
Council in 1925 made proposals to the Minister of Health to
close the Council's Home for Ailing Babies and to provide
equivalent accommodation in the new War Memorial
Hospital, which is nearing completion, and will be opened
in August, 1927. It was hoped to open this institution in
September, 1926, but various delays unfortunately made
this impossible. The Council's scheme provides for the
maintenance of children's and maternity beds (including beds
for ante-natal or pre-maternity and emergency eases) and as
these proposals have been approved by the Minister of Health
the scheme will shortly be put into operation.
ii. Institutional Provision for Unmarried Mothers, Illegitimate
Infants and Homeless Children in the Area.
Detailed information regarding the Woolwich and Plumstead
Maternity Home will be found on page 120.
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 the 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, and
for the removal of ordinary 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.