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Southwark 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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The Hospitals available but beyond the borders are:—
St. Thomas's Hospital.
King's College Hospital.
Royal Waterloo Hospital.
General Lying-in Hospital, York Road.
The Belgrave Hospital for Children.
Ambulance Sekvicks are provided by the Metropolitan Asylums
Board for Infectious and Poor Law oases, and the London County Council
provides Ambulances for accidents, also for the transit of parturient
women to Hospitals.
CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES.
(1) Maternity and Child Welfare.—There are in all fourteen
Centres -which may be classified as follows:—
Municipal Centres (Eight)—
St. Mary's Hall, Kennington Park Road.
St. Paul's Parochial Hall, Lorrimore Street.
Boy's Club, Villa Street.
All Saints Parish Room. Surrey Square.
Lady Margaret Parish Room, Chatham Street.
Lansdowne Place Mission Hall.
St. George's Dispensary, Pocock Street.
St. Mary's Girls' Club, Union Street.
Partly Municipal, Partly Voluntary (Three)—
Crossways Mission, New Kent Road.
Welfare Centre, 56, Lambeth Road.
St. George's Welfare Centre, 86, Borough Road.
Wholly Voluntary (Three)--
St. John's Institute, Larcom Street.
Roman Catholic Centre, 148, New Kent Road.
Salamon's Centre, Newcomen Street.
(2) Day Nurseries—There are 4 in the Borough. One is Municipal,
and is situated in Kennington Park Road. This accommodates 45
children and is supervised by a Committee of Nursery Managers, a Subcommittee
of the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee.
Guy's Hospital have in connection with their Maternity scheme a
dav nursery which is used by children from Southwark and Bermondsey.