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Hendon 1954

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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General Hospital Facilities.
Edgware General Hospital.
Hendon District Hospital.
Infectious Disease Cases - Hospital Accomodation.
Hendon Isolation Hospital.
Neasden Isolation Hospital, Willesden.
.Any other Infectious Disease Hospital controlled by the North-Western
Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board.
Tuberculosis Treatment and Hospital Accomodation.
Edgware General Hospital.
Hendon Isolation Hospital.
Admissions are also arranged through the Regional Hospital Board to the
Regional Chest Hospitals, particularly Colindale and Clare Hall.
A Chest Clinic at Edgware serves primarily those living in the Borough of
Hendon and the Stanmore, Queensbury and Kingsbury districts of Harrow
and Wembley.
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:-
* Care of Mothers and Young Children (Section 22).
* Midwives Service (Section 23).
* Health Visiting (Section 24).
* Home Nursing (Section 25).
* Vaccination and Immunisation (Section 26).
* Domestic Help (Section 29).
School Health Services and School Dental Services
(Provided under Education Act, 1944, the Borough
of Hendon being an Excepted District)
* These services are administered on an area basis. Area No. 4 consisting of the
Boroughs of Hendon and Finchley. The Area Health Committee 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.
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