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Maternity and Child Welfare.
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of Matron, a Sister, two Assistant Nurses and three Probationers.
A Visiting Medical Officer attends daily. The parents
pay 10s. 6d. per week for their children, but necessitous cases
arc admitted free, or at a reduced fee, according to circumstances.
Medical practitioners can recommend cases for admission
and attend them while in the Hospital.
123 infants were admitted in 1930, 48 from addresses in
the Borough, and 75 from outside the Borough. Most of the
cases were infants suffering from Marasmus, Gastritis and
Debility.
During the year £42 18s. 6d. was paid to SS. Peter and
Paul Home, Clapham, for treatment in respect of three Borough
residents maintained in the Home.
There is one other large institution in the Borough for the
accommodation of 60 children up to the age of five years.
There are five institutions or hostels in the Borough for
the reception of expectant unmarried mothers, all in connection
with rescue work. In two of them the mothers are admitted
some months previous to the confinement, while in three they
are admitted towards the end of pregnancy. In most of these
homes the mothers are expected to remain some months after
confinement. Arrangements have been made for a medical
man to attend at each hostel when necessary, and some of the
infants attend the most convenient Infant Welfare Centre.
In 1928 the Council received an application from the Southwark
Diocesan Association for Preventive and Rescue Work,
for a grant towards the maintenance of unmarried mothers,
usually resident in the Borough, in the institutions of the
Association, and it was decided to make a per capita grant for
each resident so maintained, the total amount in any one year
not to exceed £200. During 1930, 21 cases were maintained
by the Council at a cost of £156 12s.
During the year this work was extended, the Council
deciding to make a grant not exceeding £40 a year to the Mission
of Hope. One case was dealt with, the cost of which amounted
to £10 17s. 6d.
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