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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 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: (d) Artificial Sunlight Clinic.

(d) Artificial Sunlight Clinic.

Name and Situation.Nature of Accommodation.By whom provided.
28, Lower Clapton RoadOne weekly clinic (Doctor)Borough Council.
(e) Tuberculosis.
Metropolitan Hospital, Kingsland RoadTuberculosis DispensaryBorough Council.
Victoria Park Hospital, Bonner Road, E.2.Tuberculosis DispensaryBorough Council.
(f) School Clinics.
Cleansing Station, Mill-fields Road, E.5.Inspection and Treatment of skin conditionsPremises by Borough Council, Staff by London County Council.
Treatment Centre, Clapton SquareMinor ailmentsLondon County Council
Orthopaedic Clinic, Dal-ston LaneMassage and remedial treatmentBritish Red Cross
(g) Venereal Diseases.
Metropolitan Hospital, Kingsland Road, E.8Treatment ClinicLondon County Council

Table: Hospitals provided or subsidised by the Local Authority or by the London County Council.—

Hospitals provided or subsidised by the Local Authority or by the London County Council.—

Name and Situation.By whom provided.
(1) TuberculosisSt. Joseph's Hospice for the Dying (43 beds for Tuberculosis), Cambridge Lodge, Mare StreetThis is a Religious Institution, but beds are obtainable by Local Authorities. In London residential treatment of tuberculosis is provided by the London County Council.
(2) MaternitySalvation Army Mothers' Hospital, Lower Clapton Road, and (see below) City of London Lying-in Hospital, City RoadAgreement with these two Institutions to pay sum of one guinea in respect of each necessitous case admitted from the Borough.
(8) ChildrenA necessitous case is defined on page 84. Agreement with the Invalid Children's Aid Association whereby this Association arranges convalescent aid under the Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme. There is no Hospital for Children in the Borough.
(4) FeverEastern Fever Hospital, The Grove, HomertonThis Hospital is the property of the Metropolitan Asylums Board.