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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Div. | Premises | Service | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daleham Gardens, Hampstead | Maternity and child welfare and school treatment centre | This new purpose-built centre was brought into use on 4 February, 1957. The previous unsatisfactory temporary centre at 40, College Crescent was closed in consequence | |
| Queen's Park welfare centre, 66, Lancefield Street, Pad-dington | Maternity and child welfare centre | This building, which had been used as a day nursery, was converted for use as a welfare centre and re-opened on 19 June, 1957, to replace unsatisfactory temporary premises at the Congregational Hall, Third Avenue, which were closed on the same date | |
| 4 | Cranston welfare centre, Tenants' Clubroom, Cransston Estate, Shoreditch | Do. | This centre, in adapted premises, was opened on 11 November, 1957, and replaced the Crondall Street Centre, Shoreditch, which had proved too small and inconvenient for the purpose |
| 6 | St. Alfege's Church Hall, Stockwell Street, Greenwich | Do. | Premises in Bardsley Lane, Greenwich, had been used for this centre but it became uneconomic to continue their use. The centre was transferred to the Church Hall on 12 February, 1957 |
| 6 | Eltham health centre, Lionel Road, Woolwich | Do. | These premises were enlarged to provide accommodation for a foot clinic and the Woolwich Borough Council's cleansing station which were transferred from the former Eltham Hill Health Centre premises, Sherard Road, Woolwich, on 30 September, 1957 |
| 9 | Alton maternity and child welfare centre, Tenants' Clubroom, Bessborough Road, Wandsworth | Maternity and child welfare centre | This temporary centre, which serves the Alton Estate and part of the Roehampton Estate, was opened in adapted accommodation at the clubroom on 8 July, 1957 |
| 9 | Victoria Drive maternity and child welfare centre, 67, Victoria Drive, Wandsworth | Maternity and child welfare and school treatment centre | Adaptations to this building were completed and the centre opened on 20 November, 1957, to replace the temporary centre in the Ackroydon Tenants' Clubroom and to serve new housing development in the area |