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VENEREAL DISEASES.
The West Ham Council does not itself administer a scheme
for dealing with venereal diseases. Under the Public Health
(Venereal Diseases) Regulations, 1916, a joint scheme was
inaugurated in 1917 for the Greater London area, the participating
authorities being the London County Council, the counties of
Middlesex, Essex, Hertford, Buckingham, Surrey, and Kent, and
the county boroughs of West Ham, East Ham, and Croydon.
The London County Council is responsible for the administration
of the scheme. In addition to paying its proportionate share of
the cost of the scheme, which is approximately one twenty-fifth of
the total expenses incurred, the Council makes a grant to the
British Social Hygiene Council to further propaganda work in this
area.
Free treatment can be obtained by anyone at any of the
twenty-one hospitals approved under the joint agreements. There
are also six hostels, assisted by financial grants, where women
suffering from these diseases can be accommodated with a view
to facilitating continued treatment. These institutions are as
follows: —
Royal Free—20-22 Highbury Quadrant, N.
Royal Free—62 Regents Park Road, N.W.
St. Thomas'—148 Lambeth Road, S.E.
Salvation Army—122-4 Lower Clapton Road, E.
Salvation Army—126-8 Lower Clapton Road, E.
West London Mission—35 Parkhurst Road, N.7.
No West Ham residents attended any of these hostels during
1937.
The particulars of the above-mentioned scheme have been
brought to the notice of the inhabitants of the district by the
exhibiting of enamel plaques, which give a list of the participating
hospitals and urge the necessity for immediate treatment.
Local medical practitioners are fully conversant with the
facilities for diagnosis and treatment of venereal diseases. There
are thirteen practitioners who are qualified to receive supplies of
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