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St. Mary's Mother and Baby Home (Sisters of St. Mary the Virgin. Wantage)
153 Stamford Hill, N.16.
This Home, which has the accommodation to accept twenty-two mothers
and twelve babies is also affected by the current trend in social
requirements. Fewer unmarried mothers now go to Mother and Baby Homes
for their confinement and the homes are consequently under-occupied.
The unmarried mother's greatest need is for a hostel and creche
facilities.
"Crossways" Mother and Baby Home (Salvation Army) Lanark House,
13 Laura Place, E.5.
Run by the Salvation Army, "Crossways" offers accommodation for
twenty expectant or nursing mothers and ten babies. Here too the
declining numbers of girls applying for admission to such homes reflects
a changing social climate regarding the unmarried mother.
St. Joseph's Hospice, Mare Street, E.8.
This Nursing Home is in essence a hospital and has one hundred and
two beds, half of which are for the care of chronic sick, half devoted
to the care of terminal cases.
The Regional Hospital Board undertakes financial responsibility
for sixty beds.
The Health Department is responsible for licencing these Homes
and each is periodically inspected by the Department.
HEALTH CENTRES
It is very gratifying to be able to report the opening in September
of the new Health Centre at Somerford Grove. This, the first Centre to
be planned and built by the London Borough of Hackney replaces the Child
Health Centre in West Hackney Church Hall. The Somerford Grove Health
Centre will serve a population of some 13,000 and such services as
Maternal and Child Health, Vaccination and Immunisation, Family Planning,
Cervical Cytology, Chiropody, will be provided by the Health Department.
Dental services will also be provided for mothers andyoung children,
and in conjunction with the Inner London Education Authority for school
children.
The services provided by the Inner London Executive Council are
for four general medical practitioners practising from the Centre and
one general dental practitioner.
The situation at the end of the year in respect of the other proposed
Health Centres is as follows:-