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There are obvious advantages to both public and staff in having these
services in one building. A full description was given in my Annual Report
for 1968 of the first Health Centre opened in the London Borough of
Hammersmith. This Centre provides accommodation for four general practitioners
and a number of local authority clinics. Co-operation between the two branches
of the service remains excellent.
Care of Mothers and Young Children (National Health Service Act, 1946,
Section 22)
Under Section 22 of the National Health Service Act, 1946, it is the
duty of every local authority to make arrangements for the care, including
in particular dental care, of expectant and nursing mothers and of children
who have not attained the age of five years and are not attending primary
schools maintained by a local education authority.
Child Health Centres
There are eight Maternity and Child Health Centres in the Borough, together
with a purpose-built Health Centre as shown below:
Becklow Gardens,
Becklow Road, W.12.
Burne Jones,
North End Road, W.14.
Glenthorne Road,
48 Glenthorne Road, W.6.
Greyhound Road,
90/92 Greyhound Road, W.6.
Milson Road,
1/3 Milson Road, W.14.
Parsons Green,
5/7 Parsons Green, S.W.6.
Wandsworth Bridge Road,
170 Wandsworth Bridge Road, S.W.6.
Health Centre
The Grove Health Centre,
95 Goldhawk Road, W.12.
These centres provide between them the following services:
Ante-natal
Cytology
Creches
Dental care for Expectant
and Nursing Mothers &
Children under 5.
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