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indeed health functions are exercised by an extraordinary
diversity of agencies. The number of these
agencies has been somewhat reduced by the legislation
of recent years, but there seems much need for
further simplification. The Borough Council is the
Maternity and Child Welfare authority, but between
3 and 5 years of age most children come under the
jurisdiction of the L.C.C. as the School Medical
authority. When young persons leave school and
enter industry, they come under the health supervision
of the Factory Inspector and the Insurance
Panel Doctor. Apart from the London County
Council and the Borough Council, health functions
are also exercised by the London Insurance Committee
and by general medical practitioners, midwives,
nurses, voluntary hospitals and a host of
charitable societies. The Medical Officer of Health
is dependent upon the courtesy of these agencies for
any information as to their activities. Brief notes
about some of them follow.
GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS.
There are 36 general medical practitioners with
consulting rooms in the Borough. The friendly relations
with local practitioners reported in previous
years continue.
NURSES.
The Shoreditch and Bethnal Green District
Nursing Association has its headquarters just outside
the Borough, but undertakes a great deal of nursing
in the Borough, which occupies the services of
approximately 4 full-time nurses. Address: 80,
Nichols Square, E.2. Telephone: BIS. 5287. An
account of the work of the Association on behalf of
the Council will be found in the Maternity and Child
Welfare Section of this report.