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SECTION C
HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDED BY MIDDLESEX
COUNTY COUNCIL
AMBULANCE FACILITIES
The Middlesex County Council is responsible for this service.
NURSING IN THE HOME
This service is administered locally by the Middlesex County
Council.
The number of sick persons under care in Acton during the
year was 1,472 necessitating 27,259 visits.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE
The new Clinic in Cloister Road, North Acton, was ready to
open in January 1952, and the Child Welfare Sessions hitherto
held at St. Gabriel's Church Hall in Noel Road were transferred
as from the beginning of the year.
The adaptation of the Cloister Road premises, formerly known
as the North Acton Club, provided spacious treatment and reception
rooms, and the popularity of the new clinic was soon felt in
increased attendances.
In addition to the improved facilities for the Maternity and
Child Welfare services, Dental and Orthodontic clinics were provided,
with full equipment, and rooms for speech therapy and
minor ailment treatment were also included in the lay-out of the
buildings.
It became possible to arrange for separate clinic sessions for
the two Health Visitors based on Cloister Road, and each district
was given two sessions, one with, and one without a doctor in
attendance.