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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Brentford and Chiswick 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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County Council of Middlesex
The County Council of Middlesex is the Local Health Authority
under the National Health Service Act, 194-6, and provides the
following services in the Boroughg-
(a) Care of Mothers and Young Children:
| Brentfords- | |
| Ante-Natal Clinics and | Wednesday mornings 9 to 12 a.m. |
| Post-Natal Clinics | |
| Infant Welfare Clinics | Monday and Wednesday afternoons 2 to 4 p.m. |
| Diphtheria Immunisation Clinics | Tuesday afternoons 2 to 3.30 P.m. |
| Rheumatism Clinics | Thursday mornings 9 to 10 a.m. |
| Day Nursery | Portsdown House, The Butts, Brentford. |
| Chiswiek:- | |
| Ante-Natal Clinics and | Tuesday and Thursday mornings by appointment. |
| Post-Natal Clinics | |
| Infant Welfare Clinics | Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons 2 to 4 p.m. |
| Diphtheria Immunisation Clinics | Monday afternoons 2 to 2.30 p.m. |
| Day Nursery | Bennett Street, Chiswick, W. 4. |
Priority Dental Service for expectant and nursing mothers and
children under school age.
(b) Midwifery Service:
Certified Midwives are employed for attendance on women in
their homes in the Borough as midwives or as maternity nurses during
childbirth.
(c) Health Visitors:
Health Visitors are employed to undertake home visiting for the
purpose of giving advice on the care of young children, to persons
suffering from illness, to expectant and nursing mothers and on the
measures necessary to prevent the spread of infection. (The Health
Visitors also act as School Nurses).
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