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shewing no improvement, and the number remaining in hospital at the end of the
year was two. The surgical conditions for which these children were admitted
included enlarged tonsils and adenoids, phimosis, intussusception, pyloric stenosis,
hernia and injury ; and those admitted for medical treatment included children
suffering from pneumonia, malnutrition, enteritis and rickets.
(l) Institutional Midwifery. (1) British Hospital for Mothers and Babies.—
There are 42 beds in this hospital, and I am informed by Miss Gregory, the Secretary
of the Hospital, that 714 babies were born during the year. At the antenatal
clinics in connection with this hospital 5,957 attendances were made, and at
the Infant Clinics 2,320 attendances. In addition, there were 190 extern cases.
The number of mothers admitted under the Council's scheme was 141, the nett
cost to the Council being £936 9s. 6d.
(2) War Memorial Hospital—Seven Maternity Beds.—I am indebted to Mr.
Edwin Radford, J.P., the Secretary Superintendent of the Hospital, for the
following information regarding the admissions to the maternity unit during the
year.
The number of children born in the hospital was 134, and 14 mothers were
admitted for ante-natal or emergency treatment. The number of attendances
made at the ante-natal clinic was 772. The number of cases admitted under the
Council's scheme was 60, the nett cost to the Council being £492 lis. 6d.
(m) Ante-Natal Treatment and Emergencies.—The number of cases admitted
for ante-natal or emergency treatment under the Council's scheme was six.
The reasons for admission were:—one each of threatened abortion, varicose veins,
haemorrhage, and albuminuria, and two on account of tuberculosis.
(n) Convalescent Home Treatment for Children under Five Years of
Age.—In 1928, the Council resolved to give grants-in-aid to the Woolwich Invalid
Children's Aid Association for the purpose of providing convalescent home treatment
for children imder five years of age. During the year such grants were made in
respect of 43 children, the total cost of whose convalescent treatment amounted
to £276 15s. lOd. The Council's grants amounted to £125 7s. Od. Payment is
only made in respect of children sent to homes approved by the Medical Officer
of Health.
(o) Supply of Milk, etc., to Necessitous Mothers and Children.—Under
the provisions of the Maternity and Child Welfare Act, 1918, milk, etc., is provided
by the Council for necessitous expectant and nursing mothers, and children under
the age of five years, under the conditions laid down in Circular 185, issued by
the Ministry of Health in March, 1921. The approximate cost of these services
during the year was as follows:—
Dried milk, £1,256 Is. 4d. Fresh milk, lis. 6d. Dinners, nil.