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Hendon 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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Health Services Provided by the Middlesex County Council.
The following services are provided by the Middlesex
County Council under Part III of the National Health
Service Act, 1946:-
Maternity and Child Welfare Services, including
Priority Dental Service and Domiciliary Midwifery
Health Visiting
Home Nursing
Domestic Help
Day Nurseries
Vaccination and Immunisation
These services are administered on an area basis,
Area No. 4 consisting of the Boroughs of Hendon and
Finchley. An Area Committee has been formed which acts as
a Sub-Committee of the Public Health Committee of the
County Council and consists of representatives of the two
Boroughs, Middlesex County Council, certain professional
bodies and other persons with special knowledge of these
services.
Laboratory Facilities.
These are provided at the Central Public Health
Laboratory, Colindale.
I would like to express my appreciation of the work
carried out by the staff of the Laboratory who have cooperated
whole-heartedly with the Public Health Department.
A record of the work carried out on behalf of the
Health Department is given in the following table:-
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