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The number of these agencies has been somewhat reduced
by recent legislation. Certain health services hitherto
carried out by the Metropolitan Asylums Board and
the Board of Guardians are transferred to the London
County Council and the Borough Councils as from the
1st April, 1930. (For convenience, the old titles have
been retained in this report). Health functions are
also exercised by the London Insurance Committee and
by general medical practitioners, midwives, nurses and
voluntary hospitals. The Medical Officer of Health
is dependent upon the courtesy of these agencies for
any information as to their activities. A brief list
of them is appended : —
GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS.
There are 49 general medical practitioners with
consulting rooms in the Borough. I enjoy very
friendly relations with local practitioners and am frequently
invited to consultations on difficult cases of
infectious disease diagnosis.
NURSES.
The Shoreditch and Bethnal Green District
Nursing Association has its headquarters just outside
the Borough, but undertakes a great deal of nursing in
the Borough. Address: 80, Nichols Square, E.2.
An account of the Council's arrangements with the
Association for nursing services will be found in the
Maternity and Child Welfare Section of this report.
HOSPITALS.
Public.
Board of Guardians: Bethnal Green Hospital,
Cambridge Road.
1 am indebted to Dr. R. D. O'Leary, the Medical
Superintendent, for the following statistics concerning