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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
Woolwich 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN THE AREA.
Births. The number of notifications received was 1,472. The number of
births registered in Woolwich was 1,452. After correction for inward and outward
transfers the nett number of Woolwich live births was 2,021. It is known that
at least 1,542 births took place in Institutions.
Clinics and Treatment Centres. The war-time arrangement of sessions
at the clinics and treatment centres continued during the first half of the year
but with the disbanding of Civil Defence certain buildings which had been used
as first aid posts were brought back into use as welfare centres.
At the end of the year the following clinics and treatment centres were in use:—
| Woolwich Central Health Centre | Child welfare and ante-natal clinics. Dental clinic. Physical medicine. Foot clinic. |
| Plumstead Health Centre | Child welfare and ante-natal clinics. |
| 601, Westhorne Avenue | Child welfare and ante-natal clinics. |
| Wesley Hall, Timbercroft Lane | Child welfare clinics. |
| Legal and General Sports Pavilion, Footscray Road, New Eltham | Child welfare clinics. |
| St. Luke's Church Hall, West-mount Road | Child welfare clinics. |
| St. John's Church Hall, North Woolwich | Child welfare clinics. |
| 137, Alnwick Road, Horn Park | Child welfare and ante-natal clinics. |
| Old Town Hall | Artificial Sunlight clinic. |
| Turkish Baths, Plumstead High Street | Personal cleansing station. |
| Eltham Hill Health Centre, Sherard Road | Personal cleansing station. Foot clinic. |
| Maxey Road, Plumstead | Tuberculosis Dispensary. |
| 11, Carnecke Gardens, Eltham | Tuberculosis Dispensary. |