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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)
* Chiropody Service (Section 28)
* 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 Areas - 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.
These are areas in which the number of doctors is adequate. Normally applications
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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