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London County Council: There are 30
maternity beds in the Bethnal Green Hospital, and 6
midwives are employed. Dr. W. P. Greenwood
informs me that 573 maternity cases were dealt
with in the year. An ante-natal clinic is held weekly
for women intending to enter the hospital for confinement
and 557 women made 3,343 attendances
at the Clinic, 284 of the mothers were also seen at
the post-natal clinic, making 406 attendances thereat.
Other.
There are 2 private midwives living and practising
in the borough while several others who reside outside
also occasionally practise in the borough.
The maternity services connected with the
London Hospital, City of London Maternity Hospital,
Salvation Army Midwives, Maternity Home, 24,
Underwood Street, E.l, Maternity Hospital, 384-396,
Commercial Road, E.l, and Royal London Maternity
Charity, although these Institutions are situated or
directed from outside the Borough, are also largely
used by residents of the Borough. Through the
courtesy of the respective Secretaries, I have been
informed that Bethnal Green mothers were confined
as follows:—
In At Ante-Natal
Hospital Home Clinic
City of London Maternity Hospital, Attendances
City Road 29 4 194‡
Mothers' Hospital, Clapton 19 60 148†
East End Maternity Hospital 39 — *
Jewish Maternity Hospital, Stepney 41 4§ 175°
London Hospital, Whitechapel 210 187 2,145
*Practically all mothers attend Council's Maternity Clinic.
†Relating to 21 mothers attending: in addition there were 310 attendances
at the S.A. Ante-Natal Clinic at Nichols Square.
‡Relating to 35 mothers attending.
§In addition to attendances at Ante-Natal Clinics, these patients were
visited at home by midwife (13 ante-natal visits).
°Primiparse also attend weekly sewing class, urine test and antenatal
care lecture.
The Royal London Maternity Charity granted 94 free midwives'
letters to Bethnal Green mothers during the year,