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HEALTH CENTRES:
The County Council has four Health Centres serving the
District, as follows:-
BUCKHURST HILL:
Essex County Council Clinic, Buckhurst Way.
Tel: Buckhurst 5180.
CHIGWELL:
Essex County Health Services Clinic, Manford Way.
Tel: Hainault 3143.
LOUGHTON:
Essex County Health Services Clinic, Loughton Hall.
Tel: Loughton 5221.
Essex County Health Services Clinic, The Drive.
Tel: Loughton 5776.
At each of these centres there are clinic sessions for
expectant mothers, Infant welfare, school children etc., and details
of these may be had on application to the centre. Each centre has
two or more health visitors or school nurses who call upon mothers
in their own homes in addition to giving advice at the centres.
In addition to the above, infant welfare centres are
also held at the following
CHIGWELL;
St. Winifred's Hall, Manor Road.
The Manse, Chigwell Row.
LOUGHTON:
Roding Road Church Hall.
SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE;
The following extracts from the Annual Report of the
Divisional School Medical Officer are of interest:-
"(a) Health Education:
Health visitors have continued to give lectures to
girls at secondary schools, these talks being supplemented
by visits to a maternity hospital, day nurseries, infant
welfare clinics and aged persons' flats.
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