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Medical Flying Squad For Mothers

FROM now onwards, at any hour of the day or night, an am- bulance will bring to any London mother's door, within a few minutes, a medical unit consisting of a doctor, midwife and equipment,

This is one result of the L.C.C.'s emergency obstetric service, the so-called "maternity flying sqund," which came into operation recently.

London has been divided into four areas for the service, with

a rota of three hospitals in each.

The service will cover four-fifths of London, the remaining fifth being already equipped with the service by private arrangements with University College Hospital and Barts.

BLOOD TRANSFUSION

A special arrangement has made for blood transfusion.

been

When the call comes for the ser- vice, a message will go to the nearest of four centres where donors' blood has been stored in refrigerators by a new method.

Blood will be immediately dis patched by taxl or ambulance to the mother's home, sterilised next ready for administration without delay.

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Royal Visit Gets

U.S. 'Het-up'

MERICA so excited. They're; A all het up about the King's Visit and can't talk of anything else."

That is what Claire Luce, famous American screen and stage star, back in London after a four months' tour of the United States, sald recently.

"They pestered me with questions about what they should wear for the King and Queen, what formalities

"The flying squad will have have to be observed, and all that. limited use, being confined to graves it I could advise them. enses unsuited for immediate transfer

to hospital," said the senior medienli The King and Queen are going officer in charge of the service.

"I completes London's maternity service, which now the nest of any large city in the world."

AMBULANCE CARD

.

Every woman who books a bed in any maternity hospital ward in Lon- don is now handed on ambulance card by which she my "put herself in hospital" at any moment,

It

to have a wonderful reception. was only when I returned to Eng- land that I heard talk of America! being critical of the advisability of the visit.

"There was not a word of criti- eism in any quarter in America,! Alt the big political people I met at parties and elsewhere were wildly) enthusinstle.

"American feeling towards Eng-. of land and France was never more No Sympathetic."

Four telephone numbers are print- ed on the card. Through one these she enli summon an ambulance to her door in ten minutes. charge is made for its tise.

Out of 100,000 women who have had these cards, only one has died of hemorrlunge before the baby's

birth.

AUSTRALIA'S

“VITAL” STATISTICS

In Australia to-day One in six hus a radio; One in right has a car:

Canberra.

Miss Lure is glad to be in London) again.

"Things seem ΜΠΟΤΕ Josperous than in New York although they have bucked up there tremendously in the past year," she said.

"Roosevelt is still the strong man af America, 1 think he will have!

to run for President for the third time. Americans will refuse to let lim retire,"

Thursday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

April, 6, 1939.

UFS

In stately dress, here is Mrytellns Besoan presiding as Queen of Beauty at the 101st annuel Ponce de Leon carnival in San Juan, P. R. Providing protection for the lovely sovereign is the miniature policeman at left, who seems to have been fully won over to intente loyalty.

Girl's £20 Stamps

Now Worth £1,000

New York.

FIRST prize at the open-air contest for young stamp collectors, held in Central Park, New York, was won by thirteen-year- Miss Luce will probably do a play old Alice Strever-with a collection started by her father when here. "Negotiations are an at the Alice was twelve months old. moment." she said, "so 1 connot re- Expert assured Allee that her. It includes a group of stamps be- One in ten has a telephone. This information

Later she goes to Hollywood to play collection is now worth more than longing to the late Paul Coveleski,

of the first postmaster "Mire and a

thousand pounds-although it Canal Zone. These alone are now Agures published by the Common-in a film of the book

Men."

Cort enly £20. wealth Statistician, Dr. Wilson,

worth £100.

is contained bi

iven the detalls."

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