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At the end of the year the question of assessment centres was under discussion
with the Consultant Paediatrician at the North Middlesex Hospital.
Specialist Clinic Sessions
Children suffering from defects were referred to specialist clinics as follows :
Ophthalmic 238 new cases
738 attendances
77 prescribed spectacles
Ear, Nose and Throat 46 new cases
125 attendances
Orthopaedic 48 new cases
121 attendances
Orthoptic 60 new cases
614 attendances
Speech 43 new cases
451 attendances
Audiometric testing 78 special tests
43 found to have a hearing
loss (5 of whom
were already known)
Clinic Premises
Of the twenty clinics in the borough, twelve are purpose-built, five are in adapted
premises and three are in rented premises.
The health centre to be built in Hertford Road will replace one of the clinics
in adapted premises, and work on this new health centre is expected to commence
early in 1969.
Early in 1968, advice was received from the Minister of Health that, in the
light of the national restriction on capital investment in Health and Welfare Services,
no clinics could, at that time, be included in the schemes approved for this Council
for the three years up to 1971. However, local health authorities were advised that
as in previous years, health centres are not listed but will be dealt with as proposals
arise.
Proposals for the early replacement of two clinics at present in adapted premises,
and of one clinic at present held in rented premises, by the provision of purpose-built
health centres or clinics were retained in the Ten-Year Plan in the course of its revision
by the Council during the year. There is also provision in the later years of the plan
for a new health centre or clinic in the Winchmore Hill area and for the replacement,
also by purpose-built health centres or clinics, of two more clinics now held in
adapted premises.
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