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Sub-ground Floor.—Finally there is the sub-ground floor, the
centre portion of which consists of a modern Disinfecting Station
and Cleansing Station.
The Disinfecting Station was hitherto situated in Northampton
Road in an old building which also included the Reception House
and Mortuary. In the new Disinfecting Station, approached by a
ramp at the rear of the Centre, modern steam raising plant has been
installed, one large and one small high pressure steam apparatus
being provided. The station includes the foreman's office, staff
room and a bathroom, with a shower for the staff of the Station,
and three garages.
Cleansing Station. The only Cleansing Station in the Borough
until the erection of the new Centre was an old building provided
by the London County Council adjoining an elementary school,
and for the use of school children only. Adults requiring treatment
for these conditions were referred to a neighbouring Borough, and
no satisfactory arrangements existed for those under school age.
The new Cleansing Station, with its two sides for verminous
conditions and scabies, enables this service to be provided locally.
By arrangement with the Education Authority the service is also
available to children referred from the elementary schools in the
neighbourhood. It is approached at the rear by means of steps.
On one side wing we find a mortuary with a waiting room, receiving
chapel and a special refrigerating chamber.
The transformer in connection with the X-ray apparatus, and
the heating plant, complete this wing.
The other wing includes a large archive room for the storage
of papers and documents, the garages mentioned above, the electrical
intake room, and a room for the temporary deposition of meat seized
or surrendered.
It will be seen from this brief description of the New Health
Centre that many new branches of Preventive Medicine are offered
to the public for their benefit. This has only been possible by the
erection of the present building with its modern layout and equipment.
The Clinics are available to the following persons:—
Dental Clinic.—All Finsbury residents, and all persons working
in Finsbury but not residing therein.