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are none of these establishments actually sited within the Borough,
some Finchley children are transported daily by coach to Hornsey
Junior Training School and a few Finchley youths are taken by
express coach to Isleworth Adult Training Centre. A therapeutic
social club is run under the direction of Miss Arkinstall, Psychiatric
Social Worker, for incipient mental cases and for those discharged
from psychiatric hospitals who are in need of after-care, at York Park
Day Nursery, York Road, Hendon, N.W.9, at 7 p.m. every Tuesday
evening.
It is the County Council's intention to increase the above facilities
and to provide, in addition, hostel accommodation for the mentally
disordered living in the community.
WELFARE SERVICES
Welfare Services under Part III of the National Assistance Act,
1948, are provided by the Welfare Department of the Middlesex
County Council.
The following services are under the direction of the local Area
Welfare Officer, Mr. R. R. Holland, 36, Woodhouse Road, N.12.
(HILlside 2822):—
(a) Admittance to Residential Accommodation through reasons
of age and infirmity.
(b) Provision of temporary accommodation for persons rendered
homeless through eviction, fire or flood.
(c) Welfare of the Physically Handicapped (day to day supervision
by Welfare Visitor).
(d) Welfare of the Blind and Partially Sighted (day to day
supervision by Home Teacher).
A handicraft class for the Blind is held on alternate Tuesdays at
2.30 p.m. at Christchurch Hall, High Road, N.12., and a Work
Centre for handicapped persons is open in the mornings from Monday
to Friday in Hendon.
AMBULANCE SERVICE
A service of ambulances and sitting case cars is maintained by
the Middlesex County Council.
In cases of emergency, dial 999. In other cases, ambulances
should be obtained through the family doctor or hospital.
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