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Maternity Beds.
Our agreement was renewed with the London County Council for the
admittance of patients to the three local L.C.C. Institutions. The Borough
Council pay for such treatment and the patients contribute towards the cost,
according to the amount they are assessed.
Nine cases were sent into the hospitals. In addition we make a grant of
£100 towards the reservation of a bed at the East End Maternity Hospital.
17 cases have been sent there this year.
Light Treatment.
We are fortunate in having in our Borough the London Hospital which
possesses one of the best Light treatment centres in England. The Medical
Officers at the Infant Welfare Centres send children there who are suffering
from deficiency diseases. They are seen there by the Medical Officer in charge
who decides whether the light treatment is suitable for each particular case.
We have had some excellent results in young children who respond very quickly
to this form of treatment.
Maternity Outfits.
These sterilised outfits are supplied at cost price through the Municipal
ante-natal clinic.
Notification of Births Act, 1907.
The Act applies to the notification of any child which is born after the
28th week of pregnancy whether alive or dead.
The number of births notified was 4,291—4,144 live births and 147
still-births.
3,033 were notified by midwives and 1,258 by doctors and parents.
Municipal Centres.
The total attendances at the Municipal Centres during the year were
18,481 being 11,244 by children under 1 year of age and 7,237 by children
between the ages of one and five years.