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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 33 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. 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.
I am indebted to Dr. W. P. Greenwood, the
Medical Superintendent, for the following statistics
concerning the work of the Bethnal Green Hospital for
the year.
(Information as to the Midwifery work of the
hospital is given in a later paragraph in this report.)