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Poplar 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Section G.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
The Maternity and Child Welfare work is divided between the
Borough Council and the Royal College of St. Katharine, the Borough
Council taking approximately the areas north of Bow Road and south of
East India Dock Road; the Royal College of St. Katharine being
responsible for the intermediate area, except for a small area in the
vicinity of the Maternity and Child Welfare Centre in Wellington Road.
Extension of Maternity and Child Welfare Services.
The following extensions which were approved when Circular 1550
was considered in September, 1936, were carried into effect during the
year:—
(a) An additional Health Visitor for work on the Isle of Dogs
commenced duty on 1st June. Her district is south of a line
drawn from Devonshire Terrace on the west to Billson Street
on the east of the Isle of Dogs.
(b) An additional Infant Welfare session was commenced at Simpsons
Road Clinic, on Tuesday afternoons, on 7th September.
(c) An additional Infant Welfare session was commenced at West
Ferrv Road, on Friday mornings, on 23rd July.
The continued increase of the work has also necessitated the following additional facilities:—
| (1) Old Ford Clinic.—An additional session was established as from 7th December. The sessions at this Clinic have been re-arranged as follows:— | |
| Tuesday afternoons and Friday mornings and afternoons. | |
| Tuesday mornings (except first Tuesday in each month). | |
| First Tuesday morning in each month. | |
| (2) West Ferry Road.—Provision has been made for an additional weekly session from April 1938. | |