Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Whitechapel.—Whitechapel Clinic (London County Council), Turner
Street, Mile End, E.l:—
Sessions Monday to Friday.
Males, Females and Children—mornings, afternoons and
evenings.
Saturday—mornings and afternoons only.
West Ham.—Queen Mary's Hospital for the East End, West Ham
Lane, Stratford, E.15:—
Sessions Males Monday, 3.0 to 5.0 p.m.
Thursday, 11.0 to 1.0 p.m.
6.0 to 8.0 p.m.
Females Monday, 6.0 to 8.0 p.m.
Thursday, 11.0 to 1.0 p.m.
3.0 to 5.0 p.m.
Saturday 2.30 to 4.30 p.m.
PUBLICITY AND PROPAGANDA.
Copies of the magazine "Better Health" are distributed monthly to the
reading rooms of Public Libraries, the Infant Welfare Centres, and the waiting
rooms of the School and Dental Clinics.
Public lectures to Ratepayers' Associations, Evening Institutes, Rotary
Clubs and Church organisaions, etc., on health topics were given during the
year. The Chairman of the Public Health Committee also made reference at
a number of Council meetings to health subjects. Poster displays regarding
Diphtheria immunisation and health topics were also given prominence.
CIVIC EXHIBITION.
In the autumn of 1947 an exhibition was held for seven days at the Town
Hall, Ilford, dealing with all aspects of the work of a Local Authority. The
activities of all branches of the Health Service were displayed by means of
diagrams, charts, photographs, models and actual equipment.