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7. CLINICS.
There are in the area three Essex Health Service Clinics:—
Leyton Green Road, Leyton—opened September, 1933.
Granleigh Road, Leytonstone—opened September 1935.
Dawlish Road, Leyton—opened September 1951.
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT, 1948
Section 47—Removal to suitable premises of persons in need of care
and attention.
No cases were dealt with under this Section during the year.
Section 50—Burial and Cremation of the Dead.
During the year arrangements were made for the carrying out of 12
burials under this Section.
PUBLIC MORTUARY
The arrangement entered into between the Council and the Hospital
Management Committee (Leytonstone No. 10 Hospital Group) in September,
1949, for the provision of public mortuary facilities at Whipps Cross Hospital
mortuary has continued during the year.
Number of Post-mortem examinations performed, 35.
NATIONAL BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE
In November, 1952, the Local Health Authority placed at the disposal
of the National Blood Transfusion Service the use of Essex County Health
Services Clinic, Dawlish Road for blood donor sessions.