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Maternity.
The Council's Maternity Home is situated at 52 Wickham Road,
and has accommodation for 12 cases. (See Report "Maternity and
Child Welfare.")
In addition, the following nursing homes, situated within the borough,
and registered by the London County Council under the Nursing Homes
Registration Act, have been approved for the reception of maternity
patients:—
17 Breakspears Road. 23 Hilly Fields Crescent (Park Lodge)
74 St. John's Road.
Amongst Hospitals, not within the Borough, to which Deptford
women are admitted for confinement are, St. Alfege Hospital,
St. Thomas' Hospital, the General Lying-in Hospital, York Road,
Lambeth, Queen Charlotte's Lying-in Hospital, and King's College
Hospital.
Children.
Debilitated infants are sent from the Infant Welfare Centres to the
Deptford Fund Babies' Home, Albury Street, the Borough Council
paying at the rate of 6s. 6d. per day for such cases.
Mothers and Infants are similarly sent to St. Thomas' Hostel,
Prince's Road, Kennington, S.E., for dietetic treatment, restoration of
breast milk, etc., at a charge of 30s. per week, or for " test feeds" at
5s. per day.
In-patient and out-patient treatment is provided, generally, at such
London hospitals as Vincent Square, Evelina and Great Ormond
Street.
Maternal Mortality.
See "Maternity and Child Welfare"
Institutional provision for Unmarried Mothers, Illegitimate
Infants, etc.
No provision.
Ambulance Facilities.
These were fully set out in my Report for 1930, and no material
change in the arrangements has taken place.