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Centre
closed
Division 9—Queenslown School Treatment Centre, 65, Queenstoum Road, Battersea.—
It was decided to close this centre on 30th June as the facilities could be provided as
effectively at other centres in the neighbourhood.
Schemes in
preparation
Division 1—Chelsea School Treatment Centre, 31-33, Bramerton Street.—The purchase
of these premises was completed, and a scheme of improvements and alterations was
approved by the Council on 3rd July. The Minister of Education approved the proposed
work but it was not possible to start this before the year ended.
Division 2—Westminster School Treatment Centre.—The purchase of 40, Alderney
Street, Westminster, was completed, and a scheme for converting the premises was
approved by the Council on 4th December. When the adaptations have been carried
out, the premises will replace the accommodation rented for the centre at 38, Rochester
Row, and 41, Greencoat Place, which must be given up.
Division 7—East Dulwich School Treatment Centre, 29, Amott Road, Camberivell.—
It was decided to transfer this centre to 475, Lordship Lane, where a maternity and
child welfare centre will also be established, and to dispose of the premises which are
unsatisfactory for health service purposes. The transfer will be effected when
adaptations have been carried out at 475, Lordship Lane.
Division 8—St. George's Dispensary, 86, Blackfriars Road, Southwark.—For many
years medical treatment for school children was provided at this dispensary by the
St. George's Dispensary Trust which received financial aid from the Council. On the
National Health Service Act coming into force in 1948 the dispensary remained
vested in the Trust, but subsequently the sole surviving trustee, Lord Haden Guest,
offered the Trust to the Council. This offer was accepted and application was made
to the Charity Commission for a scheme to be drawn up for transfer of the property.
This was still in preparation at the end of the year.
Child guidance units
Division 8—Brixton Child Guidance Unit, 19, Brixton Water Lane, Lambeth.—The
conversion of the former Brixton Provident Dispensary premises, which the Council
had purchased, was completed, and the unit opened on 1st October.
Office accommodation
The following changes in office accommodation were made during the year:—
Division 4—The domestic help office was transferred from 28, Lower Clapton Road, to
the Hackney School Treatment Centre, 13, Goulton Road.
Division 5—It was possible to reduce the office accommodation at 43, White Horse
Road, rented from Stepney Metropolitan Borough Council, and at Poplar Town Hall,
rented from Poplar Metropolitan Borough Council. Reduced rentals were negotiated
by the Director of Housing and Valuer. The domestic help office was transferred from
Poplar Town Hall to the clinic building at 69, East India Dock Road.
Division 9—The sub-office at Electric House, Lavender Hill, Battersea, was vacated
on 14th July, at the request of the Battersea Metropolitan Borough Council, and
arrangements were made for the staff to be accommodated in other offices in the
Division.
To relieve overcrowding at the main divisional office a lease was taken on premises
at 50, Fairfield Street, Wandsworth, which were occupied on the 1st June.
Health centres
Woodberry Down Health Centre. The building of the first comprehensive health centre
at Woodberry Down, Stoke Newington, was continued during the year, but progress
was retarded by unavoidable delays and it was expected that the centre would not
be ready for use until the summer of 1952.
Staffing
Staffing proposals drawn up after consultation with representatives of the London
Executive Council were submitted to the Minister of Health for approval.