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City of Westminster 1930

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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(b) Provided by voluntary associations assisted by grants from the
City Council—
(1) The City of Westminster Health Society, 30, Page Street, a
building of two floors constructed as a centre. It contains
some ten rooms with a flat roof which provides a nursery and
sun shelter.
(2) Infants' Hospital, Vincent Square. The premises are the usual
rooms of the out-patient department.
(3) Charing Cross Hospital. The out-patient department of the
hospital.
The two hospital centres last named do not confine their activities
to consultative work but are also treatment centres. They formerly
received grants from the Ministry of Health, but none from the Council.
Those grants are now provided by the City Council.
Other centres not recognised as such by the Ministry of Health exist
at Westminster and St. George's Hospitals.
Ante-natal Centres.—These provide for medical advice for expectant
mothers and so far as the local authority is concerned are conducted in
close connection with, or as part of, the organization of its Maternity and
Child Welfare Centres.
(1) Provided by the City Council at the centres—
14, Westbourne Street.
15, Bessborough Street.
One session is held per week at each.
(2) Provided by voluntary associations—-
(a) Westminster Health Society, 30, Page Street. One session per
fortnight.
(b) Westminster Hospital .
. ' _ , TT . , In connection with out-patient
(c) ot. George s Hospital V .. ,
, midwifery department.
(a) Charing Cross Hospital J
Tuberculosis Dispensaries.—(1) Provided for the whole area of the
City by the Council at Monck Street (temporary premises), Horseferry
Road. The dispensary consists of ground floor and first floor premises
containing six rooms.
(2) Provided by voluntary associations—
(a) St. George's Hospital.
(b) Charing Cross Hospital.
These hospital dispensaries form part of the general out-patient
activities of the hospitals.