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SERVICES PROVIDED BY OTHER AUTHORITIES AND
VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 1946
PART II (Hospital and Specialist Services) The North East Metropolitan
Regional Hospital Board is the authority responsible for the provision of
hospital and specialist services in this area; the day-to-day administration
of the hospitals is in the hands of two local Management Committees -

This Committee co-operates with the County Council in the provision of
Ophthalmic Clinics for Schoolchildren.
Central Group (No, 5) Hospital Management Committee. The Metropolitan
Hospital, with a complement of 146 general medical and surgical beds, is the
only hospital of this Group in the Borougn. The services provided include a
Chest Clinic for the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis
PART III (Health Services provided by Local Health Authorities). The London
County Council, as the local health authority provides the following services: -
SECTION 22 (Care of mothers and young children). The six maternity and
child welfare centres in Hackney are sited as follows -
29 Cadogan Terrace E.9.
28. Elsdale Street. E 9.
28 Lower Clapton Road E.5.
136 Richmond Road E 8
186 Upper Clapton Road E 5
St. Paul's Church Hall Evering Road N 16
Child welfare sessions are held at all centres ante-natal and postnatal
sessions are held at all centres except Cadogan Terrace; and dental
services for expectant and nursing mothers and pre school children are
provided at Lower Clapton Road and Richmond Road Foot clinics are held at
Elsdale Street and Richmond Road A weekly Family Planning Session is held
at Richmond Road Centre

All the welfare centres in the Borough serve as distribution points for
welfare foods and vitamin preparations