[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough.

  • Dudley (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SECTION D—PARTS III and V—NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 1946. SERVICES IN 1949. Clinics. I have still to report that the building- of the new Clinic at Dudley Wood has not yet commenced but there is now every reason to believe that work will begin during 1950. I referred in my rej^ort last year to the need for improved arrangements in the Holly Hall area, where, as you know, all the clinic sessions are held in the Woodside Library, which although useful for this purpose is not now adecpiate to meet the needs of the area. It has occurred to me that the problem would be admirabl}- s;)lved by providing for the erection of a clinic within the development scheme on the Old Park Estate. A clinic on this estate would be ideally situated to serve the Holly Hall area and at the same time would make provision for the influx of popula- tion to the new estate when the houses are completed. The com- bined population of the Holly Hall area and Old Park Estate would be roughly 10,000. The following sessions are conducted in the Borougli: — TREATMENT CENTRES AND CLINICS. Infant Welfare sessions are held each week, as follows: — Central Clinic, Hall Street, Dudley, on Tuesday and Friday afternoons. Netherton Clinic, Brewery Street, on Tuesday and Friday afternoons. Holly Hall Clinic, Public Library, on Monday afternoons. Priory Clinic, Cedar Road, on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. Dudley Wood Clinic, Dudley Wood Schools, on Saturday morning'. Ante-Natal Clinics are held each week as follows: — C'entral Clinic on Thursday morning. Priory Clinic on Wednesday afternoon. Netherton Clinic on Monday afternoon. Holly Hall Clinic on Tuesday morning. Dudley Wood Clinic on Saturday morning. Minor Ailment Clinics are held each week-day morning at the following Clinics: — ('entra! Clinic. Netherton' t'linic. Priory Clinic. Hollv Hall (flinic.