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The Council have five representatives on the Board of
Governors, and the Medical Officer of Health is entitled to
be present at all meetings and speak, but not vote thereat.
Through the courtesy of Mr. Edwin Radford, J.P., the
Secretary-Superintendent of the Hospital, I am enabled to
say that 1,281 patients were admitted and 4,100 cases of
accidents and other emergencies were treated in the Casualty
Department up to the end of the year.
ii. Institutional Treatment for Unmarried Mothers,
Illegitimate Infants and Homeless Children in the Area.
The Woolwich and Plumstead Maternity Home was
closed at the end of 1927, and there is now no provision for
this class of case in the area.
iii. Ambulance Facilities.
(a) The Metropolitan Asylums Board's ambulance service
is available for the removal to hospital, free of charge, of
persons suffering from infectious disease, and, on payment,
for the removal of persons suffering from non-infectious
disease to hospitals or homes.
(b) The ambulance service of the London County Council
is available for the removal of 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 maternity cases during the
day time when accompanied by a doctor or a nurse.
iv. Clinics and Treatment Centres.
In tabular form below is shown a list of clinics and
treatment centres in the Borough. The list differs in one