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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hackney 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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the Salvation Army Mothers' Hospital, Clapton, and afford, in most instances, accommodation for both married and unmarried mothers.
| Name and Situation. | Nature of Accommodation. | By whom provided. |
|---|---|---|
| Brent House, 27, Devonshire Road | Home for 30 mothers and 18 babies | Salvation Army. |
| Cotland, 9, Amhurst Park | Home for 33 mothers and 23 babies | Salvation Army. |
| Lome House I., 16, Rectory Road | Home for 12 mothers and 8 babies | Salvation Army. |
| Lorne House II., 4 Clapton Common | Home for 20 mothers and 14 babies | Salvation Army. |
| Mothers' Hospital, 153, Lower Clapton Road | Maternity Hospital for 80 mothers | Salvation Army. |
| St. Mary's, 153, Stamford Hill | Home for 24 mothers and 15 babies | Church of England. |
| Maternity Refuge, 6, Pembury Road | Preventive and Rescue Aid—16 mothers and babies | Church of England. |
| Sapsworth House, 122, Lower Clapton Road | Home for mothers and babies | Salvation Army. |
| Rescue Home, 181/183, Amhurst Road | Home for 32 mothers and 18 babies | Salvation Army. |
Ambulance Facilities.—
(а) For infectious cases.—Provided by the Metropolitan
Asylums Board. Ambulance Station : Eastern Hospital, Homerton
Grove.
(б) For non-infectious and accident cases.—The Council has
repeatedly urged the establishment in Hackney of an ambulance
station by the London County Council.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
The original scheme for extension of this service was altered,
in accordance with the wishes of the Ministry of Health, by the
substitution of No. 28, Lower Clapton Road, as a Maternity and
Child Welfare Centre in place of the smaller treatment centre that
it was proposed to erect at Millfields Road, and by proposing the