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Holborn 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]

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School Clinics.
The following treatment Centres are provided under the L.C.C. Schemes:—
(1) Finsbury Centre, Spencer Street, Goswell Road.
(2) Moorfields Ophthalmic Hospital, City Road.
(3) Soho Centre, Gerrard Street.
(4) Lancing Street Centre, Lancing Street, N.W. 1.
(5) Cleansing Station (Scabies) Children's Baths, Central Street, E.C. 1.
Centres are also provided at the following Hospitals and Dispensaries:—
(1) St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
(2) Bloomsbury Dispensary.
(3) Central London Ophthalmic Hospital.
(4) Central London Throat and Ear Hospital.
(5) Dental Hospital.
(6) Homœpathic Hospital.
(7) Hospital for Sick Children.
(8) Italian Hospital.
(9) Metropolitan Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital.
(10) Middlesex Hospital.
(11) Royal Free Hospital.
(12) Tuberculosis Dispensary, University College Hospital.
(13) University College Hospital.
Day Nurseries.—Established and controlled privately:—
Kingsway Creche, Kingsway Hall, Kingsway.
Field Lane Institution Creche, Vine Street, Clerkenwell Road.
St. Alban's Day Nursery, Greville Street.
Tuberculosis Dispensary.
At University College Hospital (entrance in Huntley Street).
Venereal Diseases.—Treatment clinics are arranged by the London County Council. Those
in the Borough are:
St. Paul's Endell Street, daily 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Hospital for Sick Children (for children only), Great Ormond Street, 9-10 a.m. daily
and 2-4 p.m., except Wednesday and Saturday.
Cleansing Station for Verminous Persons.
Goldsmith Street, Drury Lane.
Births and Deaths—Registration.
Oakley House, 14, Bloomsbury Street.
Daily, 11 a.m. to 12 noon. Monday and Friday, 2 to 3 p.m.
Public Vaccinators.
Eastern part of Borough—East of Southampton Row.
Dr. Robinson, 43, Rosebery Avenue.
11 a.m. to 12 noon and 6.30 to 8 p.m., except Thursday evening.
Western part of Borough—West of Southampton Row.
Dr. G. D. Fairley, 15a, Gower Street.
9 to 10 a.m. and 6 to 7 p.m., except Wednesdays.
Ambulance Service.
Particulars of the ambulance services available in the Borough are given on
the inside page of the back cover.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE BOROUGH.
Removal of Offal.
No breach of the by-laws made by the London County Council respecting the
removal of offal was reported during the year.
Removal of Manure.
The removal of manure from the various mews in the Borough was
generally satisfactorily carried out during the year.
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