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Barnet 1969

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet]

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12 Seater Coach (or 4 wheelchairs)
This vehicle is used for the Hendon Work Centre, Heriot Road, N.W.4. daily from 7.30 a.m.
until 9.30 a.m. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday it is used for a bus service from
certain homes in the N.W.ll. district from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. The Day Centre for the
Elderly at Claremont Clinic, N.W.2. is held on Tuesday and Thursday and the coach is
used for this purpose from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 4 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. The coach
transports handicapped persons from the Hendon Work Centre on Monday, Tuesday and
Thursday afternoon from 12.30 p.m. to 3.30 p.m.
24 Seater Coach (or 10 wheelchairs and 5 other passengers)
This coach is assigned to the Hendon Work Centre each day except Thursday. On
Wednesday the Work Centre's afternoon's journey is extended to include a party from
the British Red Cross Society. This Society uses this vehicle on Thursday from 12.30 p.m.
to 6.30 p.m.
Additionally on Monday, Wednesday and Friday this coach assists in the bus service in
the N.W.ll district referred to above.
12 Seater Coach (or 4 wheelchairs)
Used exclusively Monday to Friday by the Deansbrook Rehabilitation Centre, Edgware
(7.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.) Because of the numbers involved the coach makes two journeys.
12 Seater Coach (or 4 wheelchairs)
Used by the Fieldways Adult Training Centre, Wellhouse Lane, Barnet, 7.30 a.m. to
6.30 p.m. Monday to Friday.
12 Seater Coach (or 4 wheelchairs)
The Hendon Junior Training School at Flower Lane, N.W.7. uses this coach from 7.30 a.m.
to 11 a.m. daily. In the afternnon the return journey (3 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.) is combined
with the British Red Cross Society's party from The Downage, N.W.4.
12 Seater Coach (or 4 wheelchairs)
Used for taking children to the Friern Barnet Junior Training School, Oakleigh Road,
N.20 each morning from 7.30 a.m. to 11 a.m.) The return journey commences at 2.30 p.m.
and finishes at 6.30 p.m., but on Monday, Thursday and Friday the return starts at
12.30 p.m. as the coach also assists in the transport of Handicapped Persons from
Hendon Work Centre.
12 Seater Coach (or 4 wheelchairs)
Used exclusively each day by the Etchingham Park Workroom/Day Centre.
Because of the difficulty of fitting in all the department's jobs in the daily run of a
particular coach, Park House Day Centre, Monday 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 3.30 p.m.
to 5.30 p.m. and the Cookery Class for the Blind at Barnet Technical College on
Fridays (during term time) 8.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. are covered by the allocation of any
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