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HEALTH SERVICES CLINIC PREMISES.
Manford Way Clinic.— The Family Planning Association continued
to use these clinic premises throughout 1963 for their sessions on every
Monday evening, a nominal charge being made to them for the facilities
provided.
At this clinic probation officers also continued to use accommodation
for interviews, those of the Essex Probation Committee on one evening
a week and those of the Division of Beacontree for a fortnightly evening
session. A charge for these facilities, too, is made.
Kenwood Gardens Clinic.— As was reported last year, the Chiropody
suite at this clinic, comprising two treatment cubicles, a waiting room,
toilet and a small work room, was completed, equipped and brought into
use by 1st April, 1963. The provision of this suite enabled the second
Dental Surgery, which had been temporarily used for Chiropody, to be
equipped for its original purpose and this also was brought into service
by early April, 1963.
At the time of writing this report, negotiations for the purchase of
the site of 15/19 Horseshoe Cottages, Cranbrook Road, adjoining the
clinic, have just been successfully completed and an order has been
placed for this land to be developed to provide an extension to the clinic
grounds with a pedestrian entrance from Cranbrook Road.
The use of accommodation at this clinic by the Metropolitan Essex
Marriage Guidance Council on Tuesday evenings continued throughout the
year. In July 1963 an application was received from the Catholic Marriage
Advisory Council for the use of similar accommodation for their counselling
centre and the Committee were pleased to agree to this letting, on Friday
evenings, at the approved charge. The weekly session did not, however,
commence until January, 1964.
INFANT WELFARE CENTRES.- 94 voluntary lady helpers were
engaged in the work at the infant welfare centres at the end of December,
1963.