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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 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 two categories.
(1) Intermediate Area - Burnt Oak, Central, Childs Hill, Edgware, Mill Hill,
Park and West Hendon.
In these areas the number of patients on the average general practitioner's
list is reasonable. New practices may be established in such areas but the initial
practice allowance is not likely to be paid.
(2) Restricted Areas - Garden Suburb and Golders Green Wards.
These are areas in which the number of doctors is adequate.
Normally application by doctors to start new practices is not granted.
LABORATORY FACILITIES.
These are provided at the Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale.
Specimens may be sent direct to the Laboratory by Medical Practitioners or by
special collection from the Public Health Department provided they are received not
later than 3.30 p.m. Monday to Friday and 11.0 a.m. Saturday.
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