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Health Department,
Blue Star House,
234/244 Stockwell Road,
Brixton, S.W.9.
Tel: 01-274-7722
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses
of the London Borough of Lambeth
Mr. Mayor. Ladies and Gentlemen.
1 have pleasure in presenting my annual report on the health of the London
Borough of Lambeth for the year 1967. This is my third report as your Medical
Officer of Health.
The variations in the vital statistics compared with those of previous years
are no greater than may normally be expected. Other than measles, which tends
to occur bi-annually, there were no major outbreaks of infectious disease.
The planning of the development and improvement of health services over the
whole Borough continued. To meet the increasing need for the day care of
severely subnormal children and the decreasing availability of places in junior
training schools run by other boroughs, two junior training schools (105 places)
are to be provided as a matter of urgency in converted premises. These will be
replaced in due course by larger purpose-built schools providing sufficient
places to meet the expected needs of the Borough. To relieve the immediate
need for additional places 20 children are being taken daily to the training school
at the Manor Hospital, Epsom, and a further 6 to the school at Queen Mary's
Hospital. Carshalton.
The three year plan which was revised in September 1967 provides for the
replacement of two junior training schools in converted premises by purpose-built
schools, and of the male adult training centre at Clapham by a larger centre
with accommodation for men and women, for a mental health day centre in converted
premises and a hostel for subnormal children. The plan also provides for an
additional day nursery, one maternity and child health centre, two health centres
and the replacement of two existing day nurseries.
St. Martin's day nursery was opened during the year and is the first
purpose-built health service building to be completed since the formation of
the London Borough of Lambeth on 1st April 1965, although planning was well
advanced prior to that date. The nursery replaced Streatham Hill Day Nursery
which had to be closed prematurely in December 1966 because of structural
defects. Occupancy of the new nursery commenced on 1st May 1967 and the
building was officially opened by His Worship The Mayor on 15th July 1967. Of
the many children requiring day nursery care for social reasons some do not