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ments, and it should be understood that normal
cases only are admitted. It is a Home—not a Hospital.
Cases found to be abnormal when under observation at
the Ante-Natal Clinics may, if the abnormality can be
rectified during pregnancy, be admitted to the Home;
if otherwise, special arrangements are made for them,
as their circumstances may render desirable.
The minimum fee is £3 for the fortnight — the
normal duration of treatment in the Home. The highest
fee charged during 1930 was £9: 10: 0, for the two
weeks, and the average fee charged was £4: 11: 9.
The net cost per patient to the Council for the financial
year 1930-31 was £2:13:4, equivalent to £1:6:8
per week.
Nurses are trained at the Maternity Home for the
certificate of the Central Mid wives Board.
It may be noted that the past year has been a busy
one at the Home, and the following is a record of the
cases admitted during 1930:—
Cases admitted 223
Average duration of stay (days) 14
Number of cases notified as puerperal
sepsis—
Number of cases notified as puerperal
pyrexia 4
Number of cases notified as ophthalmia
neonatorum 2
Number of infectious diseases (4 pemphigus,
1 scarlet fever) 5
Number of infants not entirely breast-fed
while in the Institution —
Number of maternal deaths —
Number of foetal deaths (stillborn or
within ten days of birth) 3
The Day Nursery.
The Fulham Day Nursery is situated at Eridge
House, Fulham Park Road, S.W.6. It is under the