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Maternity and Child Welfare.
Medical practitioners can recommend children for admission
and are allowed to attend them while in the Hospital.
108 infants were admitted in 1932, 46 from addresses in the
Borough, and 62 from outside the Borough. Most of the cases
were infants, suffering from Marasmus, Debility, Respiratory
Diseases and Enteritis.
During the year £10 6s. 5d. was paid to SS. Peter and Paul
Home, Clapham, for the treatment of four children from the
Borough who were maintained in the Home for short periods.
There is one other large institution in the Borough for the
accommodation of 60 children up to the age of five years.
There are also five institutions or hostels 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 medical practitioners to attend at these
hostels when necessary, and some of the infants attend the most
convenient Infant Welfare Centre.
The Council pays grants to the Southwark Diocesan Association
for Preventive and Rescue Work, towards the maintenance
of unmarried mothers usually resident in the Borough in the
institutions of the Association. During 1932 assistance was granted
in respect of 25 cases, at a cost of £206 10s. 4d.
Similar grants are made to the Mission of Hope, and three
cases were assisted at a cost of £14 18s. 7d.
Convalescent Homes.
During the year one child was sent to a Convalescent Home.
Wandsworth and Tooting Children's Clinic.
This Clinic which was opened by Her Royal Highness Princess
Mary on the 22nd June, 1931, was established for providing
artificial sunlight, massage and electrical treatment for children
of all ages. 355 children have been treated during the year and
they have made 13,683 attendances. 123 of these children were