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The Perivale Health Centre, situated in Horsenden Lane,
has been built as a subsidiary centre attached to the Ravenor
Park Health Centre, to serve the more or less isolated area of
Perivale. The building, in modern style, and of multi-coloured
bricks, consists of three large rooms, a waiting-room 20ft. x 16ft.,
a weighing-room 16ft. x 12ft., and a medical officer's room, 14ft. x
12ft., with lavatory accommodation for staff and for mothers
and children and with storage room. The building is heated by
electric fires and hot water is provided by electric water-heaters.
The centre is designed for more restricted use than that of
a principal centre such as the Greenford Green Centre just described,
and is to be used for medical inspection of school children and the
treatment of minor ailments and for infant consultations and antenatal
examinations. Children or mothers requiring dental or
other special treatment or special examination are referred to the
Ravenor Park Health Centre where facilities are provided.
The cost of the building was £1,380 and of the furnishing £135.
Summary of the Visits made by the Health Visitors.
Visits to children under 12 months : (1935) (1936)
First visits 2,083 2,071
Return visits 5,185 5,226
Visits to children 1 to 5 years of age 10,501 10,359
Visits to expectant mothers 1,051 1,190
Visits to investigate infant deaths and still-births 99 113
Special visits or investigations 261 195
Visits to cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum 4 6
Visits to cases of Pemphigus Neonatorum — 1
Visits to cases of Measles and Whooping Cough 242 469
Visits to cases of Scarlet Fever on discharge
from the Isolation Hospital 401 330
Inspections of Women's Lavatories 83 65
Visits to children under care of foster-mothers 835 840
Other visits 97 272
Total Visits 20,842 21,137