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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
Ilford 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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The following shows the position regarding registrations under the Act:
| (a) Premises | (b) Child-minders | |
|---|---|---|
| Number on register at 31/12/58 | 7 | 5 |
| Number registered during 1959 | 3 | _ |
| Number removed from register during 1959 | 3 | 1 |
| Number on register at 31/12/59 | 7 | 4 |
| Number of children provided for at 31/12/59 | 158 | 24 |
Of the premises referred to in (a) above as removed
from the register, one was closed on the removal of the
nursery to other premises (included in the number registered
during 1958), another because the person holding the registration
could not continue to rent the building and the third
as the occupier no longer wished to receive children therein
to be looked after during the day.
The child-minder whose name was removed from the
register (see (b) above) no longer wished to act in that
capacity.
CLINIC PREMISES.
Manford Way Health Services Clinic. - The Family
Planning Association continued to use these clinic premises
for their sessions on the first and third Monday evenings in
each month and on every Monday evening from August, 1959,
a charge being made to them to cover the cost of heating,
lighting, cleaning and caretaking.
Kenwood Gardens Health Services Clinic. - The building
of this new clinic was completed in December 1959. The
premises were equipped and ready for full occupation from
1st February I960 when the clinic services previously
carried on at Valentines Mansion and Newbury Hall, with the
exception of the infant welfare centres, were transferred
over, the health visitors for the area having taken up occupation
early in January.