Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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in order that the new arrangements could be started as soon as possible, an interim
programme was invited in July for works to be commenced before 31st March, 1951.
The Council accordingly submitted two programmes in 1950, one in July and a second
in November.
The July programme comprised the following projects :—
Ref. No. | Division | Scheme |
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1 | 1 | Provision of a replacement day nursery and a maternity and child welfare centre at Clareville Grove and Gloucester Road, Kensington. |
2 | 2 | The building of a combined maternity and child welfare centre and school health centre in Daleham Gardens, Hampstead. |
3 | 2 | The completion of a day nursery in Westbourne Park Road, Paddington. |
4 | 4 | The building of a replacement day nursery in the grounds of St. John's Rectory, Hackney. |
5 | 4 | The building of a replacement day nursery in Springdale Road, Stoke Newington. |
6 | 8 | The execution of substantial maintenance works at the day nursery at 210, Knight's Hill, Lambeth. |
7 | 5 | The building of a maternity and child welfare centre at Peel Grove, Bethnal Green. |
8 | 5 | The building of an extension to University House day nursery, Sugar Loaf Walk, Bethnal Green. |
9 | — | The erection of a new accident ambulance station in West Smithfield, City of London, to replace a temporary structure. |
10 | — | The erection of a new additional accident ambulance station adjacent to the North Western Hospital, Hampstead. |
11 | — | The provision of additional vehicle accommodation by adaptation of existing premises at the Eastern Ambulance Station. |
12 | 9 | The execution of conversion works at 102, Earlsfield Road, Wandsworth, to bring the building into use as a maternity and child welfare centre. |
13 | 5 | Conversion of vacant accommodation at the school health centre at 69, East India Dock Road into a maternity and child welfare centre. |
14 | 2 | The erection of a permanent replacement nursery at Peach Street, Paddington. |
Of these the Minister had approved Nos. 6, 9, 11, 12, 13 and 14 when the time
came to prepare the November programme, the remainder, including the larger
schemes, having been deferred for further consideration. Work on the latter could
not, therefore, be begun as intended before 31st March, 1951, and they were carried
forward as part of the November programme.
The November programme consisted of the following projects in addition to those carried forward from July :—
Ref. No. | Division | Scheme |
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1 | 9 | The erection of a replacement maternity and child welfare centre in Stormont Road, Battersea, designed so that it could be extended in due course to form part of a comprehensive health centre. |
2 | 7 | The conversion of a part of the former Pioneer Health Centre, Peckham, to provide a day nursery as the first stage of the conversion of the building into a health centre. |
3 | — | The erection of a new accident ambulance station in West Hill, Wandsworth. |
4 | *— | The erection of a garage and new offices at the South Western General Ambulance Station. |
5 | 1 | The erection of a permanent replacement day nursery at Westway, Hammersmith. |
6 | 4 | The extension of the day nursery at Victorian Grove, Stoke Newington. |
7 | — | The conversion of a surplus fire station at Foxley Road, Lambeth, into an accident ambulance station. |