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Site.
The building occupies a prominent position at the junction
of Grange Road and Alscot Road, and, therefore, having two
frontages it has been possible to provide three entrances, a matter
of considerable advantage from the point of view of administration.
The main entrance is on the Grange Road frontage, the
two side entrances being in Alscot Road. The building is on three
floors.
Ground Floor. —Offices, Foot Clinic, Infant Welfare Section,
Tuberculosis.
The ground floor is divided into three sections. Access is
given by the main entrance to the Health Visitors' Office, the
offices of Dr. Plimsoll and the Lady Almoner, and to the Foot
Clinic, and waiting room accommodation is provided both for the
Lady Almoner and the Foot Clinic. In this part of the building
there is also a general dispensary, of sufficient size to meet the
needs of all the services carried on in the building, or likely to be
provided in the future. The central section on the ground floor is
entered by the first door in Alscot Road. This section is separated
from both of the other ground floor sections by folding doors,
and is devoted to Infant Welfare work and to allied services
which include the gynaecological clinic, the children's clinic and
ante-natal clinics. There is a direct route from the street, passing
the dispensary to the perambulator shelter, which is situated in
the open yard. This arrangement enables mothers, after having
been seen in the department, to call at the dispensary on their
way out from the perambulator shelter, without entering the
waiting hall again. It must be remembered that, although all
patients come by appointment, ample room for free movement
must be allowed where infants and toddlers are concerned, and for
this reason a commodious waiting hall has been provided to which
there are independent entrances from the perambulator shed.
The internal arrangement of this section is such that two consulting
rooms, separated by a weighing room, face the waiting
hall, so that there is direct access from the hall to each of these
rooms. A double door gives admission to the weighing room,