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Mazy Hughes Infant Welfare Centre, Underwood Road, E.l.
On 29th October an official opening took place at the
London County Council's premises in Underwood Road of their
new infant welfare centre on the first floor of this building.
It will be recalled that these premises were originally
built for the Jewish Maternity Hospital which transferred
from Stepney during the war. For some years most of the
ground floor has been used as a day nursery and the remainder
formed the infant welfare centre. The latter accommodation
however was not sufficiently spacious. In its new situation
the infant welfare centre occupies most of the first floor
and the numerous large rooms provide ample scope for all its
activities.
An interesting innovation is the liaison which has been
arranged between the centre and the famous teaching hospital
nearby - The London Hospital, by which on one afternoon
session a week (Wednesday) the infant welfare centre is
medically staffed by the paediatrician and his registrar
from the hospital. At this session senior medical students
are present. This valuable contact between the London
Hospital and the centre enables students in training to
obtain first hand knowledge of the diet and care of normal
infants and nursing mothers, an important part of a doctor's
training which cannot be so easily obtained in a hospital
where infants and toddlers attend usually for the treatment
of some form of illness or injury.
The centre was formally opened by Councillor (Mrs.)
F. E. Cayford, Chairman of the London County Council Health
Committee, and amongst those present were Alderman (Mrs. )
B.L.Tate, Chairman of Division 5 Health Committee, Councillor
(Mrs.) C.Edwards, Chairman of the Public Health Committee
of the Borough of Stepney, Dr.H.B.May, Doan of the London
Hospital Medical School, together with the local Modical
Officers, Health Visitors and representatives of the staffs
of local authorities and voluntary associations.
The Underwood Road premises now accommodate the Mary
Hughes Day Nursery and Infant Welfare Centre and Toddlers
Clinic, the Ida Samuel School Treatment Centre and Dental
Clinic, and also a diabetic clinic.
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