[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow].

  • Harrow (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
[1952]
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    24 Apart from the sessions when the dental officers are examining children in the schools, treatment sessions are held every week-day, morning and afternoon. The school children treated there are those found as the result of routine dental inspection of children at the schools to need treatment. The only ones who can attend without a previous appointment are those who are referred by the head teachers of the schools, the children attend ing under the arrangements made for the urgent or emergency treatment of those needing such attention for some cause such as toothache. Most of the children under five and the expectant and the nursing mothers are referred by the medical officers at the clinics which they have attended. The Health Authority dental service is, however, available to ante-natal mothers who do not attend the local clinics, but who are referred for treatment by the medical practitioners under whose care they are, appointments being made through the Area Office. Physio-Therapy Treatment. The Harrow Hospital maintains a physical treatment centre at the Car Park Building, Station Road, Harrow (Tel. No. Harrow 0926). The medical director, Dr. G. C. Farrington, attends at fixed sessions to see all new cases. A wide range of treatment is carried out by the staff under the supervision of Miss M. Lock. The orthopaedic surgeon, Mr. K. I. Nissen, attends once a month. Tuberculosis Clinic. Most of the area is served by the Chest Clinic at 199, Station Road, Harrow, the part of the district to the north and east being served by the Chest Clinic at the Edgware General Hospital. Treatment of Venereal Diseases. Sufferers can be treated at certain London Hospitals and at the Central Middlesex Hospital, Acton Lane, Willesden ; Hillingdon Hospital, Royal Lane, Hillingdon ; and West Middlesex Hospital, Twickenham Road, Isleworth. The most convenient of the London Hospitals at which treatment is provided are St. Mary's Hospital, Cambridge Place, Paddington ; and University College Hospital, Gower Street. PROVISION FOR SPECIAL CLASSES OF PERSON. The Deprived Child. The duty of providing for the deprived child falls on the Children's Committee of the County Council and the Children's Officer, Miss J. Rowell, of 10, Great George Street, S.W.I. (Tel. No. Trafalgar 7799). In this area the work is carried out by the Area Children's Officer, Miss Susan Boag, at the County Council's Children's Care Office, 48, Station Road, Harrow (Tel. No. Harrow 2963).