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MUNICIPAL MEDICAL CENTRE.
This Centre was formally opened by the Mayor of Tottenham on
October 30th, 1937. The Centre has been jointly built by the Education
Committee and Maternity and Child Welfare Committee of the Borough
to replace and enlarge the accommodation hitherto available at Bruce
Castle.
The building is a permanent brick structure of the single-storey type,
situated in Lordship Lane, and is easily accessible from most parts of the
district. The premises have cost £9,657 to construct and £618 to equip.
All departments may be approached from a main entrance, but the
School Medical Department and Maternity and Child Welfare Centre have
each, also, separate departmental entrances.
Every room is well lighted and correctly orientated for its purpose,
and the building is central heated throughout by low pressure hot water
radiators.
The internal decorations have been carried out in such a manner as
to achieve an effect which is both hygienic and decorative. In that part
of the building which is devoted to the School Medical Services the walls
are distempered cream and the woodwork is painted in a pleasing shade
of blue. The furnishings harmonise with this decoration scheme.
The following departments of the School Medical Services are
accommodated at the Centre:—
(а) Minor Ailments Clinic.—This unit consists of a large
waiting room, a treatment room, a consulting room and
isolation room. Two bathrooms with sitz and shower-baths
and ample washing and lavatory accommodation are provided
and in the basement a steam disinfector has been installed.
(б) Dental Clinic.—A well-lighted surgery equipped with
modern dental appliances is the main feature of the dental
department which also includes a waiting room and recovery
room. In the latter is a rinsing trough fitted with a series
of "bubbling-fountains."