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St Pancras 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: Clinics, Treatment Centres, etc.For the purpose of reference these are given in tabular form; details concerning the work carried out will be found on succeeding pages.

Clinics, Treatment Centres, etc.

For the purpose of reference these are given in tabular form; details concerning the work carried out will be found on succeeding pages.

Situation.By whom provided.
A. Artificial Light Clinics.
43, Raydon Street, (Child Welfare Centre), South High gate. (Tel. Archway 3677.) (Mondays and Thursdays at 10 a.m.)The Borough Council.
The Institute of Ray Therapy, 152-154, Camden Road. (Tel. Gulliver 3876.)A Voluntary Committee.
A number of the hospitals in the Borough also provide this treatment.
B. Maternity and Child Welfare Centres.
Kentish Town Centre, Raglan Street, N.W.5. (Tel. Gulliver 1389.1The Borough Council.
St. Pancras School for Mothers, 1, Ampthill Square. (Tel. Euston 2972.)The Borough Council, with assistance from the Voluntary Committee.
Somers Town Centre, Chamberlain House, Ossulston Street. (Tel. Euston 2380.)„ „
North St. Pancras School for Mothers, 129, Queen's Crescent. (Tel. Gulliver 2988.)„ „
South Highgate Centre, 43, Raydon Street. (Tel. Archway 3677.)„ „
Camden Town Centre, Barnes House, Camden Road. (Tel. Gulliver 1667.)„ „
University College Hospital Centre. (Tel. Euston 5050.)The Hospital Authorities, with a subsidy from the Borough Council.
Royal Free Hospital Centre. (Tel. Terminus * 4331.)The Hospital Authorities.
(The hours of attendance at the Council's Centres are given in the Maternity and ChildWelfare Section.)
Ante-Natal Clinics are held at all the above Centres with the exception of the South Highgate Centre.
C. Day Nurseries.
Kentish Town Day Nursery, 27, Gospel Oak Grove. (Tel. Gulliver 2906.)The Voluntary Committee, with a subsidy from the Borough Council.
Margaret Club and Day Nursery (for fatherless children), 42, Phoenix Road. (Tel. Euston 1822.)„ „
Whitefield Day Nursery, 53, Whitfield Street. (Tel. Museum 5196.)„ „
*Foundling Hospital Day Nursery„ „
[*Closed temporarily from end of October. To be opened in new building now in course of construction.]