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Lambeth 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]

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3. Holy Trinity Institute, Royal Street.
4. Babies' Care, 121, Kennington Road.
5. Moffatt Institute, 2, Esher Street.
6. St Anne's, 44-46, Harleyford Road, Vauxhall.
7. The Springfield, 48, Lansdowne Road, Vauxhall.*
8. Stockwell, St. Andrew's Institute, 57, Stockwell Road.
9. North Brixton, Belgrave Hospital, 212, Camberwell New
Road.
10. Loughborough Junction, the Sussex Arms, 109, Sussex
Road.†
11. Brixton, The Dispensary, 19, Water Lane, Brixton Hill.
12. West Norwood, Hannen House, 12, Hannen Road,
Knight's Hill, West Norwood.
Comprised in the Scheme are also the following institutions
dealing with maternity and child welfare:—
1. Crèches or Day Nurseries.
(a) St Thomas's Hospital Day Nursery, 107, Lambeth
Palace Road. ‡
(b) Cornwall Nursery Hostel, Princes' Road.§
(c) Brixton and Heme Hill Creche, 71, Effra Road.§§
(d) Pilgrim Hill Creche, Pilgrim Hill, West Norwood.
2. Infants' Clinics.
(a) Mrs. Anstruther's Clinic, 53, Ethelred Street.
3. Maternity Homes.
(a) West Norwood Maternity Home, 106-108 Knight's
Hill, West Norwood.
In addition to the above, there are also included in the Scheme
the following:—
(1) The Maternity Wards of St. Thomas's Hospital
(Westminster Bridge).
* Formerly 48, Hartington Road, Vauxhall.
† Formerly 39, Loughborough Park.
‡ Temporarily closed as from April 1st, 1921.
§ The Hostel has wards for the accommodation of ailing infants and
young children (as in-patients), who are suffering from dietetic diseases,
the so-called deficiency diseases, the result of irregular or improper feeding,
causing malnutrition, rickets, etc., i.e., minor acute illnesses, such as would
not be suitable for admission to a general hospital ; whilst, in addition,
there are 5 beds for nursing mothers (for re-establishing or increasing the
mother's breast milk). The day nursery department has been discontinued.
§§ Permanently closed as from June 24th, 1923.