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DISPENSARIES, &c.
The following Dispensaries exist in the Borough,
and I have been furnished with the following statistics
concerning last vear's work.
No. of
Out-Patients.
Out-Patients'
Attendances.
Visits to
Patients' Homes.
*Queen Adelaide's Dispensary
Pollard Row
2,011
5,557
547
Medical Mission,
St. James-the-Less,
St. James's Road
not available
6,374
285
†Medical Mission,
Annie Macpherson Home
Industry,
Cambridge Road
3,630
21,162
4,985
*There is also a Dental Department attached to this Dispensary.
†There were also attendances as follows:— Dental Department,
1,017 ; Eye Department, 423 ; Massage and Sunlight, 543; Chiropody
Clinic, 499.
CLINICS.
For Children Under Five.
The Council has a Welfare Centre in Cornwall
Road (also a Branch Centre at St. Matthew's Institute,
Hereford Street) at which a variety of work, including
Infant Consultations, Dental Clinic, Light Clinic, etc.,
is carried on. This work is commented on in the
Maternity and Child Welfare Section of this Report.
For School Children.
These are under the control of the London County
Council.
By the courtesy of Sir Frederick Menzies, School
Medical Officer, L.C.C., I have been furnished with the
following information concerning local arrangements
for the medical treatment of school children.
"The Bethnal Green school treatment centre is situated at
the St. James-the-Less Dispensary, St. James's Road, Bethnal
Green. At this centre special departments are arranged for