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In 1920 sanction was received by the Council for the erection
of two Combined Treatment Centres, one to be erected in the
grounds of Valence House, the other in Old Dagenham Park.
Work was begun on the Recontrcc Clinic in December, 1929,
and the building was officially opened on April 12th, 1930. Tins
is a two-storey building, the first, floor being used as the Public
Health Offices. The ground lloor is used only for clinic purposes.
It consists of a large central waiting hall (33 by 24 feet), on one side
Hanked by the weighing room which communicates with the
doctor's room by a passage off which lead the dressing boxes. The
other wall is flanked by the toddlers' room, food store and dentist's
surgery, in communication with which is the Recovery Room.This
floor is used for the holding of Ante-natal clinics and Infant
Welfare Centres. It is also utilised by the Essex County Council
for holding School dirties and as the Tuberculosis visiting station.
The dental rooms are used by the Maternity and Child Welfare,
and by the School Authorities. In the toddlers' room a mercury
vapour lamp is installed for ultra violet ray therapy.
The building cost £1,000. The running costs for the whole
building, including loan charges, are £400 per annum, of which
approximately half is allocated to the account of the clinic services
and half to Public Offices. The Essex County Council contribute
about, half of the clinic cost.
Work was begun on the Dagenham Clinic in January, and the
official opening took place on November 1st. This is a single
storey building of similar design to the ground floor of the Recontree
Clinic. The toddlers' room has been fitted with wall bars, etc., for
remedial exercises. The cost of the building was £2,200, and the
annual running costs, including loan charges £340. To this the
Essex County Council contributes half.
On the opening of these clinic buildings, the nearest Antcnatal
clinics and Infant Welfare Centres were transferred from
the church halls. Also the school clinic sessions and Tuberculosis
session were removed here from 25, Alibon Road.
The King George Hospital Out-Patient Department at Five
Elms was designed to enable one portion to be used for clinic
poses apart from the hospital service. This building was completed
In the latter part of the year and has, since 5/1/31, been used by
the Maternity and Child Welfare Authority and the Tuberculosis
Authority.