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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 school children include dental,
nutrition, ophthalmic, ear, nose and throat and physiotherapy clinics.
PART IV (General medical and dental services, pharmaceutical services
and supplementary ophthalmic services). The London Executive Council
is the authority responsible for the purpose of exercising functions
with respect to the provision of services under this part of the
National Health Service Act.
VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS
References to the activities of the Hackney Association for the
Welfare of Old People, the Hackney District Nursing Association and the
two Tuberculosis Care Committees are made elsewhere in the Report*
(a) ST JOSEPH' S HOSPICE, Mare Street, is a home for persons suffering
from chronic and incurable diseases and is administered by a
community of Catholic Nuns.
(b) WOMEN- S VOLUNTARY SERVICES, The activities of the Hackney
centre of this organisation include a tea trolley service at the German
Hospital and a trolley library service at the Hackney Hospital: visits
to patients in hospital, assistance to old age pensioners, distribution
of welfare foods, escort journeys, arrangements for seaside holidays for
children and old age pensioners, and the collection and distribution of
clothing for needy families. A considerable amount of clothing was
also collected for Hungarian refugees.