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Other Maternity Hospitals.—Arrangements were made for the admission
of maternity cases to the following hospitals up to 4th July, 1948, for which
the Council were responsible for the cost of maintenance:—
No. of Cases. Fees payable per day
(till 4/7/48).
s. d.
(a) Oldchurch Hospital, Romford 3 26 8
Although the Essex County Council ceased
to book any maternity cases from Ilford
at the end of June, 1944, the cases mentioned
were admitted there as an emergency
measure.
(b) East End Maternity Hospital, Commercial
Road, E.l 62 16 0
(c) Essex County Hospital, Wanstead 24 30 0
(d) St. Margarets Hospital, Epping 1 11 8
(e) Queen Mary's Hospital, Stratford 3 10 0
Emergency Maternity Hospitals.—The arrangements for the admission of
patients to ante-natal hostels or billets and emergency maternity hospitals, as
outlined in my Report for 1945 continued during the year. The Minister
of Health, however, again raised the charge for maintenance from 15s. per
day to 17s. per day for cases leaving London after 1st April, 1947.
810 patients provisionally registered for evacuation to these Hospitals for
their confinement expected during the year, but only 87 went away. Of the
other 723 patients, 37 subsequently engaged the Domiciliary Midwives
for confinement at home, 26 had a miscarriage, 22 booked for admission to
private Nursing Homes, 525 were admitted to other Homes or Hospitals and
113 cancelled the arrangements.
287 of these patients attended the Council's Ante-Natal Clinic making
a total of 1,315 attendances during the year. These figures are included in
the table of attendances at the Ante-Natal Clinics.
The arrangement for the admission of patients to various London
Hospitals through the Voluntary Hospital's Emergency Bed Service as
mentioned in my Report for 1946 continued during the year.