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Bethnal Green 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]

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the Borough and the Tuberculosis Dispensary established at this Hospital
which serves Bethnal Green and part of the Borough of Hackney,
continued to function during the year.
The Little Polks Home at Bexhill, which is associated with the
Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children, has a complement of 40 beds.
3. Personal Health Services
The following information regarding the operation of the personal
health services in the Borough during 1959, has been furnished by
Dr. G.O. Mitchell, Divisional Medical Officer (Division 5) London
County Council.
(a) Services Available
Day Nurseries
Pritchards Road, E.2.
University House, Sugar Loaf Walk, E.2.
Greenwood Maternity and Child Welfare Centre, Peel Grove, E.2.
School Treatment Centres:-
Bethnal Green School Treatment Centre, Lyte Street, E.2.
Rochelle Street Treatment Centre, Rochelle Street School, E.2.
Foot Clinic
Bethnal Green School Treatment Centre, Lyte Street, E.2.
Monday and Tuesday afternoons - 2 - 5 p.m.
(b) Statistics
(1) Infant Welfare Centre
Total No. of children who first attended during the
year and who on the date of their first attendance
were under one year of age 617