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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CENTRE AND
OBSERVATION WARDS, WELLINGTON ROAD.
This centre was officially opened by His Worship the Mayor (Alderman
T. J. Goodway, J.P.) on the 8th November, 1927, and the first
patients were admitted on the 11th November, 1927. Plans of these
buildings were included in last year's annual report.
The construction is of brickwork, the first floor and flat roofs being
of steel and concrete covered with asbestic composition and asphalt.
The front part, facing Wellington Road, is a two-storey building in red
brickwork with patent stone dressings, and a feature is made of the
Borough Arms in a circular panel in the centre of the front elevation.
The one-storey buildings are finished in rough-cast with ornamental
white cement surrounds to doors and windows. The flat roof, protected
by iron railings and approached by a stone staircase from a central point
near the children's wards, is intended to be used for open air treatment
Observation accommodation for ten children is provided in two
five-cot wards with nurses' duty room and milk laboratory adjoining,
along with an isolation ward with separate sanitary arrangements. The
ward windows are glazed with patent "Vita" glass. There are also wellequipped
Dental and Artificial Sunlight clinics and a small detached
establishment laundry.
The administrative building comprises on the ground floor a large
up-to-date kitchen with scullery, larders, stores, etc., adjoining, living
rooms for nurses, and maids' and matron's rooms. On the upper floor
are nine bedrooms and two bathrooms. An exit is provided to the flat
promenade roof at rear.
The furnishing and equipping of the building was left in the hands
of the Medical Officer of Health.
With the approval of the Ministry of Health Dr. H. St. H. Vertue
of Guy's Hospital (who is also on the medical staff of the Royal College
of St. Katharine) and Dr. D. G. Macrae, 1, Bow Road, were appointed
consulting physician and emergency medical officer respectively.
The resident staff comprises Matron, Sister, two Staff Nurses, two
Probationers, a Cook and Housemaid. There are also a non-resident