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There is an additional ambulance stationed at the Fire Station
in the Silvertown area, which is available daily between the hours
of 7 am and 11 pm This ambulance is used mainly for cases
occurring in factories in the Silvertown district, and a number of
factory owners contribute funds towards the upkeep of this
amenity There were 127 journeys made by this vehicle during
the year
Professional Nursing in the Home
The Council has no staff for carrying out professional nursing
in the homes, except the two nurses who are wholly employed
by the two wholetime District Medical Officers From the
voluntary associations an adequate supply of competent nurses is
available at any time, and they consistently carry out a tremendous
amount of good work in nursing necessitous cases The fullest
cooperation is maintained between these Societies and the
Council, both as regards home nursing and health visiting The
Essex County Nursing Association, from their branch in Beech
croft Road, Leytonstone, supplies the Forest Gate section of the
Borough with homenurses, and the Silvertown area is similarly
supplied through the Tate Nurses (Queen's Nurses) Nurses'
Home, Saville Road, Silvertown The greater part of nursing
in the homes is conducted through the Plaistow Maternity Charity,
which provides a training school for District Nurses and a
maternity hospital
There are no Municipal arrangements for the nursing of
infectious diseases in the home All cases requiring hospital treatment
are if practicable removed to the Council's Isolation
Hospital
Maternity and Nursing Homes
There are three registered homes in the Borough (see page
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School Clinics and Treatment Centres
School Clinics
Stratford Clinic, 2 Dental Clinics
84 West Ham Lane, J Minor Ailment Clinic
Stratford, E15 1 Ophthalmic Clinic
Balaam Street Clinic, il Minor Ailment Clinic
Plaistow, E13 1 Dental Clinic
Rosetta Road Clinic, il Minor Ailment Clinic
Custom House, E16 1 Dental Clinic
S'wanscombe Street Clinic, 1 Minor Ailment Clinic
Canning Town, E16 1 Dental Clinic
Treatment Centres
Children's Hospital, Orthopaedic and Sunlight Clinics,
Balaam Street, E13 and Psychological Clinic
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