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HEALTH SERVICE PREMISES
Building programme
Restriction
of capital
expenditure
the minister of health in Circular 3/56 gave guidance on the types of health service
buildings which in existing financial circumstances he was likely to be able to sanction.
Although projects in the Council's health service building programme are not subject
to individual loan sanctions, the Council decided, in the light of the Minister's advice, to
review its programme with a view to determining which projects could be postponed.
Major schemes of an estimated value of .£100,375 were deferred by the Health Committee
; in addition the divisional health committees decided not to proceed for the
time being with a considerable number of works of minor improvement.
Submission
of annual
building
programmes
In accordance with the procedure introduced in 1954, particulars of schemes costing
more than £10,000, included in the Council's capital building programme for 1957-58
were submitted to the Minister of Health. These included two new schemes and two
projects carried forward from the previous year. Six other schemes, which do not
require individual approval by the Minister, were included in the programme.
Particulars of outstanding schemes and of projects in the programme for the year
1957-58 are given below.
Scheme
abandoned
A new lease was offered of the Cheyne Hospital day nursery and it was decided
not to proceed with the proposal to adapt St. George's Home, Chelsea to replace this
nursery.
Works
completed
Division Premises Service Work involved
2 86 Carlton Hill, St. Marylebone Day nursery Repairs on acquisition
3 42 Richmond Avenue, Islington Maternity and child Repairs and removal of hot
welfare centre and cold water system
4 96 Dalston Lane, Hackney Day nursery Repairs to structure ;
ment of space heating and
hot and cold water supplies
5 Rochelle Street school, Bethnal Maternity and child Adaptation of existing build-
Green welfare centre ing
6 1a Wellington Way, Stepney Maternity and child Reinstatement of war dama-
welfare centre ged block as offices and
residential accommodation
for staff
7 Queen's Road Centre, Camberwell Maternity and child Provision of new hot water
welfare centre, day and heating systems
nursery and Peckham
general institute
(Education
service)
8 West Norwood welfare centre, Maternity and child Adaptation to accommodate
Lambeth welfare and school school treatment centre
treatment centre
8 China Walk, Lambeth Day nursery Replacement day nursery
built in ground floor of
block of flats
- Cornwall Avenue, Bethnal Green Occupation centre Adaptation of premises
Margaret day "nursery, St. Pancras District nursing Adaptation of vacant rooms
for residential accommodation
for nurses
Upper Richmond Road ambulance Accident ambulance New building
station, Wandsworth station
- South Western ambulance station, Ambulance station Rebuilding of badly cracked
Lambeth wall (dangerous structure)
and repair of war damage
Works in
hand at end
of year
2 Daleham Gardens, Hampstead . . Maternity and child New building
welfare and school
treatment centre
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