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AMBULANCE FACILITIES.
For general purposes two ambulances are provided, one
is maintained at the Central Hendon Fire Station and the
other at the Mill Hill Fire Station. Staff is provided for a
twenty-four hour service and reciprocal arrangements have
been made with the Boroughs of Willesden and Finchley.
For the removal of infectious cases two ambulances are
maintained at the Isolation Hospital.
These ambulance services adequately meet the needs of
the district.
CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES.
These remain as in previous years with the exception of
the permanent centre at Hartley Avenue, Mill Hill, but this
is described more fully in the Maternity and Child Welfare
section.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
The Maternity and Child Welfare services have as their
object the care of children under 5 years of age and of
expectant and nursing mothers. There is a growing appreciation
by the public of the value of these services, reflected in
the fact that the attendances of children increased by over
5,000 during the year and that of expectant mothers to antenatal
centres by approximately 700, the latter increase being
partly due to the arrangements made whereby all mothers
from the Borough who have been accepted for admission to
Redhill Hospital attend the local clinics for ante-natal
supervision, these attendances will be increased still further
when the scheme for the conduct of domiciliary midwifery,
formulated under the Midwives Act of 1936, becomes operative.
The increased numbers necessitated the holding of an
additional child welfare session at Edgware and was one of
the considerations which decided the Borough Council to
provide a permanent health centre at Hartley Avenue, Mill
Hill.