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(i) Reservation of twelve beds for children under 5
years of age who are suffering from such conditions
as are usually treated in a general hospital, at the
War Memorial Hospital.
(j) Provision of beds for the institutional treatment of
midwifery for 144 cases per annum at the British
Hospital for Mothers and Babies, and for 66 cases at
the War Memorial Hospital.
(k) Reservation of beds, for ante-natal treatment and
emergencies of midwifery, at the War Memorial Hospital,
equivalent to 18 weeks treatment per annum.
(l) Arrangements for the supply and distribution to
young children and nursing mothers, of milk and
food-drugs at cost price, or free where there is inability
to pay.
(m) Collective instruction to expectant and nursing
mothers.
(n) The supply of medical and health visitor assistance
to the one voluntary centre in the Borough.
(o) The appointment of a specialist medical practitioner
for consultation with general medical practitioners
under the Puerperal Fever Regulations.
In addition to these services, the Council have, at the
request of the Ministry—
(p) Carried out a three-year research enquiry into the
health of the toddler ;
and at the request of the London County Council, undertaken