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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 1964

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

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needed to meet the gradually increasing demand for ambulance transport in London since
the inauguration of the National Health Service. The ten-year building programme included
a project for the replacement of the London Ambulance Service headquarters by a purposedesigned
building and during 1964 the preliminary schedules of accommodation were
approved by the Health Committee. The programme included also projects for eight new
ambulance stations and 15 improvement schemes.
Other Health Service premises
The Council's first hostel for infective tuberculous men was provided in 1951 in an
adapted house in Islington. A second opened in Fulham in 1953 and came into full use a
year later, after adaptation and redecoration. The Islington hostel was replaced in 1954 by
improved premises in Hornsey and a further hostel was opened in Lambeth during 1958.
The Mayfield Recuperative Holiday Home, Mayfield, Sussex, transferred to the Council
in 1948, proved to be uneconomical in maintenance and was replaced in 1950 by Roland
House Holiday Home, Littlehampton, Sussex, which has been acquired and adapted to
provide accommodation for 36 children. The Council made an agreement with the trustees
of the Surrey Convalescent Home for Children, Cambridge House, Bognor Regis, Sussex,
to take over and manage the premises as a holiday home for 44 older children. The building
was brought into use in 1958 after works of improvement and redecoration.

Table: Table(i)—Health Service building works completed 1949-1964

Table(i)—Health Service building works completed 1949-1964

Year of completionHealth DivisionSchemeWorks completed[
COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CENTRE
19524Woodberry Down, Stoke Newington.New building.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE
19492Sumatra Road, HampsteadNew building1.
7Consort Road, CamberwellConversion of existing building.
19504Upper Clapton, Hackney..Conversion of existing building.
6Rustall Lodge, WoolwichConversion of existing building.
7Downham, Kent†Rebuilding of premises demolished by enemy action.
19519Earlsfield, WandsworthConversion of existing building.
19527Amott, CamberwellExtension of existing building.
8West Norwood, LambethReinstatement of war damage and repairs.
19536-7Blackheath Hill, GreenwichNew building.
7Queen's Road, CamberwellConversion of existing building.
7Lordship Lane, Camberwell†Adaptations on acquisition.
19541St. Quintin, KensingtonNew building.
5Mary Hughes, StepneyExtension of existing building.
19555Greenwood, Bethnal GreenNew building.
19563West IslingtonMajor improvements.
5Rochelle Street, Bethnal Green ..Conversion of existing building.
5Wellington Way, StepneyReinstatement of war damage to provide offices and residential accommodation for nursing staff.
7Queen's Road, CamberwellInstallation of new hot water and heating systems.
19572Daleham Gardens, HampsteadNew building.
2Queen's Park, PaddingtonConversion of existing building.
6Lionel Road, WoolwichAdaptations and improvements.
9Victoria Drive, WandsworthCompletion and adaptation of existing building.

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* Scheme initiated prior to 5 July, 1948.
t Accommodation also provided for school treatment centre.
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