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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 -
* 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 Dental Services.
(Provided under Education Act, 1944, the Borough of Hendon being an
Excepted District.)
* These services are administered, on an area basis, Area 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.
MEDICAL PRACTITIONER SERVICE.
The Middlesex Executive Committee has classified the different wards of the
Borough into three categories.
(1) Designated area - Burnt Oak Ward.
A Designated Area is one where the number of patients on the average general
practitioners list is high and in such an area an initial practice allowance may be
claimed by a doctor who establishes a new practice.
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