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Camberwell 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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MUNICIPAL AND SUBSIDISED INFANT WELFARE CENTRES.
| Situation. | Nature of Accommodation. | By whom provided. | Medical Sessions. | Health Talk and Mothercraft Session. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bird-in-Bush, 616, Old Kent Road | Maternity and Child Welfare Centres | Voluntary Association | Afternoons. | Monday Thursday Friday. |
| Central Hall; waiting and lecture room; service room; Medical Officer's and weighing rooms. | Monday and Thursday, "Toddlers" Tuesday, and ante-natal Friday. | |||
| Cambridge House, 6, Addington Square Cobourg, Kempshead Hall, Kempshead Road. | Private rooms | do. | Every Thursday. | Thursday. |
| Large Hall; weighing room; consultation room; dental work room. | do. | Every Wednesday. | Wednesday | |
| St. Antholin's, 22, Linden Grove | Church Hall, Barforth Road and rooms in Institute, 22, Linden Grove. | do. | Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. | During Med. |
| Sessions. | ||||
| St. Luke's, 2, Commercial Road | 2 rooms and hut in garden | do. | Wednesdays and Fridays. | Thursday. |
| "Toddlers," alternate Tuesdays. | ||||
| Union of Girls' Schools Infant Welfare Centres, Mayward House, Brunswick Square. | Ground floor of premises | do. | Tuesday and Friday. "Toddlers," alternate Thursdays. | Wednesday |
| Do. Amott Road, Peckham | Waiting room; weighing room; consultation room. | do. | Monday and Wednesday. "Toddlers" alternate Thursdays. | Tuesday & Friday. |
| Camberwell Municipal, 140, Camberwell Road. | do. do. | Rented by Camberwell Boro' Council. | Every Monday and Friday; ante-natal, 2nd and 4th Thurdays at 11 a.m. | |
| Dulwich Municipal, 114, Lordship Lane | do. do. | do. do. | Every Wednesday and Thursday. | Tuesday. |
| Peckham Municipal, Clifton Congregational Church Hall, Studholme St., Peckham, S.E. | do. do. | do. do. | Every Tuesday and Thursday. | - |
The total amount of fluid and dried milk distributed free or
at half-price during the year under the Council's Scheme was
approximately 392,900 pints, and 4,960 lbs. respective.
The approximate cost of these issues amounted to Fluid milk
£4,746 19s. 6d., Dried milk £374 15s.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
Closet Accommodation.
With a few exceptions all premises in Camberwell are provided
with separate water closets, discharging via drains into the public
sewers. Three dwelling houses and a sports pavilion are provided
with earth closets ; and the sewage from a farm and a sports ground
discharge into cesspools owing to the long distance from the public
sewer of each of the premises mentioned.
The contents of the earth closets in this semi-rural part, of the
Borough are buried. The cesspools are emptied by means of a
steam vacuum gully extractor, and by hand pumps. The liquid
contents of cesspools is disposed of in the Council's sewers, and the
sludge is barged away.
Public Cleansing.
This service is under the control of the Borough Engineer and
Surveyor of this Council, to whom I am indebted for the following
information relating to the collection and disposal of dry house
refuse, and refuse from earth closets and privies:—
(a) The method of collecting dry house refuse.—The method of
collecting dry house refuse is by horse-drawn vehicles. The present
system of house refuse collection will be replaced in April, 1933, by
a fleet of twelve cubic yards capacity dustless loading mechanical
refuse collectors.
(b) The method of disposing of dry house refuse.—The method
of disposing of dry house refuse is (a) by barges leaded on the Grand
Surrey Canal; and (b) by loading into railway trucks at various
sidings. It April, 1933, the use of three station sidings will be
discontinued, but a new point of discharge on the River Thames
will be brought into use, namely, the Bermondsey Borough Council
wharf.
Earth Closets and Cesspools.—See Closet accommodation.
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