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8. INSTITUTIONAL TREATMENT, ETC.
A total of 14 children were sent to Institutions under arrangements
approved by your Committee. The details were as follows:—
Brookfield Orthopaedic Hospital, 2; St. Margaret's Hospital, 6;
Lennox Home, 4; Streatham Babies' Hospital, 1; Brookscroft, 1.
9. HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATION FOR
CONFINEMENTS.
The following numbers of confinements occurred at the Institutions
specified (Walthamstow residents only):—
Mothers' Hospital, Clapton 148
Nursing Homes in Walthamstow* 198
Forest Gate Hospital 55
Queen Mary's Hospital 18
Other Hospitals, etc. 11
430
(*Excluding Thorpe Coombe Maternity Home.)
There are five Nursing Homes in the Borough with a total
maximum accommodation of 29 beds for maternity cases. In
addition, the Municipal Maternity Home has 35 lying-in beds and
4 isolation beds.
10. WALTHAMSTOW DISTRICT NURSING
ASSOCIATION.
Mrs. Drury, the Honorary Secretary, kindly reports as
follows:—
"The work of the Association continues to increase.
"During 1934, 154 in-patients were admitted, as against 88 in
1933, and all went out in good health, well satisfied and delighted
with their treatment and comforts.
"158 Midwifery and Maternity oases were attended on the
District; a decrease on 1933 owing to the fact that mothers now
prefer to come into the Home.
"The general work on the District also shows an increase.