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(d) School Health Service Treatment Centres. Facilities for the treatment
of minor ailments in school children are provided at-
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 school children include dental, nutrition,
ophthalmic, ear, nose and throat, and physiotherapy clinics.
(e) Day Nurseries. Seven day nurseries, accommodating a total of 381
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.
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.
VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS
(a) HACKNEY ASSOCIATION FOR THE WELFARE OF OLD PEOPLE. Particulars of
the excellent work of this Association are given in the section of the report
dealing with the welfare of aged persons.
(b) HACKNEY DISTRICT NURSING ASSOCIATION. This Association, affiliated
to the Queen's Institute of District Nursing, provides a free home nursing
service on behalf of the London County Council. The Association had an average
staff of thirty nurses who paid 125,192 visits to 4,402 patients.
(c) TUBERCULOSIS CARE COMMITTEES. Two Care committees- The Hackney and
Bethnal Green care committee and The Hackney and Stoke Newington Care Committee
- carry out valuable care and after-care work 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. The funds at
the disposal of these committees are used for providing various amenities for
tuberculous persons and their relatives.
(d) ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPICE, situated in Mare street, is a Home for persons
suffering from chronic and incurable diseases. The Home is administered by a
Community of catholic Nuns, and the service provided is a most humanitarian one
which meets a very real need.
(e) 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, cooking, etc., distribution of
welfare foods, escort journeys, arrangements for seaside holidays for children
and old age pensioners, and the collection of clothing which is distributed to
hardship cases.
(f) ST. JOHN'S AMBULANCE BRIGADE. The membership of the No. 5 (Hackney
Division), which numbered 30 in 1953, was maintained and the total of all
duties was 962, comprising 3,426 hours. The activities of the Division included
a Home Nursing Course, which was well attended with 100% pass for divisional
members taking the examination. A total of 2,635 casualties was dealt with
including over 2,000 cases attended to in their own homes or at work.
(g) BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY. Five detachments, one cadet and one
junior unit, totalling 169 members, comprise the Hackney Division, Services
provided included lectures to members of the National Hospital Service Nursing
Reserve, loan of medical supplies and transporting and guiding of patients.
The work of the Division also included duties at theatres and cinemas, and
trolley shop duties in hospitals.