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Borough Council is the Maternity and Child Welfare
authority, but at 4 or 5 years of age the children come
under the jurisdiction of the L.C.C. as the School
Medical authority. When young persons leave school
and enter industry, they come under the health
supervision of the Factory Inspector and the Insurance
Panel Doctor. Apart from the London County Council
and the Borough Council, health functions are also
exercised by the London Insurance Committee and by
general medical practitioners, midwives, nurses, voluntary
hospitals and a host of charitable societies. 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 37 general medical practitioners with
consulting rooms in the Borough. The friendly relations
with local practitioners reported in previous years
continue.
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, which occupies the services of approximately
4 full-time nurses. The Association reports
increasing difficulty in raising funds. Nursing visits
last year were 5,000 more than in 1932, and another
nurse is needed. Address: 80, Nichols Square, E.2.
Telephone: BIS. 5287. An account of the work of
the Association on behalf of the Council will be found
in the Maternity and Child Welfare Section of this
report.
HOSPITALS.
Public.
London County Council: Bethnal Green Hospital,
Cambridge Road.