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Shoreditch 1922

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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At the end of the year the doctors' consultations were being held as follows:-
Monday Afternoons.—Infant Welfare, by Lady Briscoe, M.B., at 152, Kingsland
Road.
Tuesday Afternoons.—Infant Welfare, by Dr. Maitland Radford, at Hoxton
Hall.
Thursday Afternoons.—Infant Welfare, by Dr. Maitland Radford, at 152,
Kingsland Road.
Friday Mornings.—Ante-Natal, by Dr. Sylvia Smith, at 152, Kingsland Road.
Friday Afternoons.—Infant Welfare, by Dr. Sylvia Smith, at 152, Kingsland
Road, and by Dr. Maitland Radford at Harbour Lights, Goldsmith's Row.
Under the Shoreditch School for Mothers which undertakes the maternity and
child welfare work, in that part of the Borough comprising the major portion lying
to the west of East and New North Roads, the following doctors' consultations were
held at its Centre which is situate at 28, Herbert Street :—
Tuesday Afternoons.—Infant Welfare, by Dr. Pratt.
Thursday Mornings.—Ante-Natal, by Dr. Tribe.
Thursday Afternoons.—Infant Welfare, by Dr. Pratt.
The following indicates the arrangements in operation as regards the work of
the municipal health visiting staff: The health visitors attend at their office at
the Town Hall from 9 to 10.30 a.m., the rest of the morning being spent in visiting
on their respective districts. On Friday mornings two health visitors in rotation
attend the ante-natal consultation at 152, Kingsland Road. Saturday mornings are
usually given to clerical work.
The afternoons are allocated as follows:—
Monday.—Miss Morrell, and, on alternate weeks, Miss Barnes and Miss Hunt
at the Infant Welfare Consultation, 152, Kingsland Road.
Tuesday.—Misses Williams, Heward and Hunt at the Infant Welfare Consultation,
Hoxton Hall, and Misses Barnes and Morrell at the Weighing Centre,
152, Kingsland Road.
Wednesday.—Misses Heward, Williams, Morrell and Hunt at the Sewing Class
held at 152, Kingsland Road.
Thursday.—Miss Barnes at the Infant Weighing Centre, Haggerston Baths,
and Misses Hunt and Morrell at the Infant Welfare Consultation, 152, Kingsland
Road.
Friday.—Misses Williams and Heward at the Infant Welfare Consultation,
152, Kingsland Road, and Misses Barnes, Hunt and Morrell at the Infant Welfare
Consultation, at Harbour Lights, Goldsmith's Row.
The health visiting staff of the Shoreditch School for Mothers, Misses Dance
and Fitzmaurice, attend in the mornings at the Centre, No. 28, Herbert Street, and
they carry out their duties in the district allotted for their work in accordance with