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NURSING HOMES
The number of nursing homes in the borough has remained unaltered in 1967.
'Crossways' Home for Mothers and Babies
The Salvation Army have maintained a Home for unsupported mothers and their
babies at 9, Amhurst Park, N.16., formany years. These premises were becoming
old and uneconomic to maintain, and the Home was transferred to 13, Laura Place,
E. 5., which had been satisfactorily adapted. These premises are very near to
the Mothers' Hospital where the mothers are admitted for their confinements.
Tnere is accommodation at this Home for 20 expectant and nursing mothers
and 10 Dabies. Tne Home opened on the 17th February and is running smoothly
in its more suitable premises.
St. Mary's Home for Mothers and Babies, Stamford Hill
This Home is run by the Community of St. Mary the Virgin, Wantage. There
is accommodation for 22 expectant and nursing mothers and 12 baoies. Conditions
at this Home are excellent and the atmosphere is a particularly happy one. The
mothers are admitted to Hackney Hospital for their confinements, and they attend
special ante-natal education classes at the John Scott Health Centre.
St. Margaret's Nursing Home, 262 Victoria Park Road
This Nursing Home has accommodation for 9 chronic medical patients, and
2 maternity patients. Itisunder private ownership, a small number of confinements
take place in the Home, the keeper being a State Certified Midwi fe who has
one other midwife on her staff.
A general practitioner obstetrician undertakes the medical care of the
maternity patients and in case of any complication they are admitted to a
maternity hospital as the Home is not equipped for dealing with obstetric
complications. 45 confinements took place in this Home during the year.
St. Joseph's Hospice
This establishment is registered as a nursing home within the meaning of
the Nursing Homes Act 1963 but is in essence a hospital for terminal cases
only.
RESEARCH PROJECTS
Nutrition Surveys of Pre-School Children and Pregnant Women
This survey was initiated by the Ministry of Health last year. At
first the enquiry was concerned with the diets of pregnant women and then
extended to become a study of diets of children in different sized families.
This year the survey has been extended still further to include a study
of the incidence of dental caries in pre-school children. The dietary
field work is being carried out oy the Market Research Bureau and the
dental examinations of children, whose parents are in agreement was still
in progress at the end of the year.