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" The ophthalmic surgeon attends the centre one session
a week, and about 440 children are treated annually. The
dentist visits the centre on eleven sessions a fortnight, and
the schools on one session a fortnight for inspection.
About 1,760 children are treated each year. In the minor
ailments department the doctor attends on five sessions a
fortnight, and a nurse is daily in attendance. About 2,000
children are treated in this department annually.
" Many children in the Borough attend hospitals and
centres in neighbouring boroughs, here given in order of
frequency: London Hospital, Queen's Hospital, Whitechapel
School Treatment Centre, Moorfields Hospital, and Old
Ford, Shoreditch, and Almeric Paget School Treatment
Centres."
DAY NURSERIES.
There are two Day Nurseries in the Borough, both
belonging to voluntary committees : —
(i) Bethnal Green Day Nursery, Somerford Street.
(ii) Pro Patria Day Nursery, Bishops Road.
Some Bethnal Green children also attend a
nursery situated in Shoreditch, attached to St.
Saviour's Priory, Great Cambridge Street.
ORPHANS.
There is a branch of the National Children's Home
and Orphanage situated in Bonner Road.
MATERNITY.
Public.
The Borough Council has a Maternity Clinic,
Cornwall Road, at which a variety of work for maternal
welfare is carried on (see the section of this report
dealing with Maternity and Child Welfare).
Board of Guardians: Maternity wards in Bethnal
Green Hospital. Dr. R. D. O'Leary informs me that
205 maternity cases were dealt with in the year ended
the 30th September, 1928.