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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 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: (g) School Clinics.

(g) School Clinics.

Name and Situation.Nature of Accommodation.By whom provided.
Cleansing Station, Mill-fields Road, E.5Inspection and Treatment of skin conditionsPremises by Borough Council, Staff by London County Council.
Treatment Centre, Clapton SquareMinor ailmentsLondon County Council.
Orthopaedic Clinic, Dalston LaneMassage and remedial treatmentBritish Red Cross.
(h) 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 (34 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 pro-videdby the London County Council.
(2) MaternitySalvation Army Mothers' Hospital, Lower Clapton Road, and 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. A necessitous case is defined on page 81.
(3) ChildrenAgreement 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.
(5) Other HospitalsMetropolitan Hospital, Kingsland RoadA General Hospital supported by voluntary contributions. It has accommodation for in- and outpatients.
German Hospital, Ritson Road, DalstonDitto.
Hackney Hospital, High Street, HomertonMaintained by the Hackney Board of Guardians.