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In January. 1932, the final plans submitted by the Borough
Surveyor were adopted by the Council and submitted for the approval
of the Board of Education.
After somewhat protracted correspondence with the Board of
Education the scheme for the erection of a combined clinic on the
White House Estate was approved by the Ministry of Health and
the Board of Education.
The original plans of the Borough Surveyor and Medical
Officer of Health were prepared on the assumption that a rectangular
site would be available; but these plans had to be modified
when it was found that the available site was triangular in shape.
This modification necessitated giving up the idea of an inner uncovered
quadrangle in favour of a triangle; and the sizes of the rooms
in the clinic premises had to be diminished accordingly.
Building.—On consulting the plan shown on page 135 it
will be seen that the building consists of a large waiting hall on the
road frontage, with a series of inspection and treatment rooms
forming the other two sides of the triangle. A corridor giving
access to the rooms run around a central open courtyard, and
by this means the maximum of light and air is admitted to the
building.
As the Clinic serves two Health Services, the Maternity and
Child Welfare Service and the School Medical Service, the rooms have
been arranged so that each service is separate. The staff room is
placed at the rear of the building where the treatment rooms of
the two services converge.
The large waiting hall has two entrances—one at each end—
and is divided in two by a sliding and folding wooden screen which
reaches the ceiling. These two waiting halls may be used as a
lecture hall by folding back the moveable partition. The waiting
halls seat 60 persons and for the purposes of a lecture 140 persons
can be accommodated.
The School Medical Service section includes premises for the
following: Dental Clinic; Minor Ailments Treatment Clinic;
Ophthalmic Clinic, and Special Medical Inspection Clinic.
The Maternity and Child Welfare Section includes weighing
room, ante-room, ante-natal room with dressing cubicles and
consulting room.
The new Leyton Green Clinic was opened officially by His
Worship the Mayor (Alderman F. M. Read, J.P.) in September, 1933.