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29, Cadogan Terrace, E„ 9.
13, Goulton Road, E, 5.
136, Richmond Road, E 8
186, Upper Clapton Road E. 5,
Cleansing Centre,, Millfields Road, E, 5,
Other treatment facilities for schoolchildren include dental, nutrition,,
ophthalmic, ear nose and throat and physiotherapy clinics,
(e) Day Nurseries Eight day nurseries accommodating a total of 444
children, are provided at:-
Clifton Lodge, 96, Dalston Lane, E.8
Fernbank, la, Fountayne Road, N„16
Fernhurst, 37, Upper Clapton Road, E„5,
Hillside, 135a, Holmleigh Road, N. 16,
Kingsmead, Mabley Green E. 9„
St John's, Hackney Churchyard, E,8
Sylvester, Sylvester Path, E,8
Wetherell, Wetherell Road,, E, 9
(f) Other services provided by the London County Council include health
visiting, home nursing, domiciliary midwifery, domestic help, care and aftercare
of sick or mentally defective persons (including tuberculous persons) and
a comprehensive school health service.
(b) VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS,
(i) HACKNEY ASSOCIATION FOR THE WELFARE OF OLD PEOPLE, Reference to
the excellent work of this Association is made in the section of the report
dealing with the Welfare of Aged Persons.
(ii) HACKNEY DISTRICT NURSING ASSOCIATION This Association, affiliated
to the Queen's Institute of District Nursing had an average staff of 28 nurses
who paid over 101,000 visits to 4,297 patients.
(iii) TUBERCULOSIS CARE COMMITTEES. Two Care Committees, the Hackney and
Bethnal Green Care Committee and the Hackney and Stoke Newington Care Committee
are active in the Borough. The Borough Council is represented on each of
these Committees by three Members and the Medical Officer of Health is also a
member of both Committees Excellent care and after-care work is being done
by these Committees and the funds at their disposal are used for providing
for tuberculous persons and their relatives a number of amenities which do not
fall to be dealt with under Statutory Powers,
(iv) ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPICE situated in Mare Street, is a Home for persons
suffering from chronic and incurable diseases, It is administered by a
community of Catholic nuns who provide a service of inestimable value and one
that meets a great need
(v) WOMEN's VOLUNTARY SERVICES The valuable services rendered by the
local branch of this organisation included a hospital trolley library service,
assistance to old age pensioners in shopping, letter writing, etc., distribution
of welfare foods, provision of escorts for children to convalescent homes
and hospitals, collection of salvage and collection and distribution of
clothing in connection with East Coast floods
(vi) ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE The membership of the No 5 (Hackney
Division) was 30, All these men re-qualified in first aid during the year and
18 qualified to render artificial respiration by the Holger-Nielson method. The
activities of the Division included a course of instruction in home nursing,
first-aid in industrial premises, and some 3,823 hours of duty were performed by
members at various sporting and recreational centres. A total of 2,193
casualties was dealt with
(vii) BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY Five detachments, one cadet and one
junior unit, totalling 169 members, comprise the Hackney Division. Services
provided include lectures to members of the National Hospital Service Nursing
Reserve loan of medical supplies and transporting and guiding of patients.