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The Board of Guardians provide an ambulance for removal of the
sick poor.
Clinics and Treatment Centres.
A full list of the Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics in the Borough
is given in the Maternity and Child Welfare Section of this report.
There are several school treatment centres in the Borough maintained
by the London County Council.
Venereal Diseases.
There is no treatment centre in the Borough. Posters published by
the London County Council giving addresses of the nearest clinics are
displayed in the public urinals throughout the Borough. These posters
also state that a complete list of Hospitals where treatment is available
can be had on application at the office of the Public Health Department.
General Remarks.
There are a number of general hospitals within easy reach of the
Borough. Patients from the northern part of the Borough attend the
Queen's Hospital, Hackney Road (Children), or the London Hospital
which is attended also by inhabitants of other parts of the Borough. For
patients living in the southern portion of the Borough the Miller Hospital,
Greenwich, is not far distant.
Among other hospitals which serve the locality are the Dreadnought
Hospital, Greenwich (for Seamen), the East London Hospital for Children,
Shadwell, and the City of London Chest Hospital, Victoria Park.
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