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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hendon 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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The total number of Midwives registered for practice in
the district during the year was 7 Of these, one practises
as a maternity nurse only and one other does so for the most
part.
CLINICS & TREATMENT CENTRES.
| Name. | Situation. | Nature of Accommodation. | By Whom Provided. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Central Hendon Maternity and Child Welfare Centre. | Burroughs House, Hendon. | Consultation and Weighing Rooms. | Hendon Urban District Council. |
| 2. West Hendon Maternity and Child Welfare Centre. | The Broadway. West Hendon. | „ | „ |
| 3. Child's Hill Maternity and Child Welfare Centre. | Granville Hall, Granville Road, Child's Hill. | „ | „ |
| 4. School Clinic. | Burroughs House, Hendon. | Examination and minor treatment rooms. | Hendon Education Committee. |
| 5. West Hendon Day Nursery. | The Broadway, West Hendon. | Converted shop with dwelling over; accommodation for 24 children. | Voluntary Committee subsidised by the Ministry of Health and the Hendon Urban District Council. |
| 6. Burgess Day Nursery. | 1, Devonshire Place, Child's Hill. | Cottage with accommodation for 14 children. | Maintained by endowment. |
| 7. Tuberculosis Dispensary. | The Broadway, West Hendon. | Consultation rooms. | Middlesex County Council. |
8. Venereal Diseases. There is no centre in the district for this purpose.
Treatment for these diseases is provided at various
London Hospitals under Middlesex County Council
arrangements.
During the year each of the Council's Maternity and
Child Welfare Centres was open one afternoon per week.
The Assistant Medical Officer attends at each session. Owing
to the steadily increasing number of attendances at the Child's
Hill Centre it was decided to inaugurate a second session
per week at this centre in the beginning of 1922.