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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 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Dover Lodge hostel—Evening classes—Authority was given for the payment by the
Council of fees for attendance of girls from Dover Lodge at evening classes and also a
social club at the New Cross Institute.
Guardianship—The review of guardianship cases made in accordance with Ministry of
Health Circular 2/58 resulted in the discharge from order of a further 14 patients formerly
under the statutory guardianship of relatives and friends, financial responsibility being
assumed in each case by the National Assistance Board.