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THE EDGWARE CHEST CLINIC
I am indebted to Dr. H.J. Trenchard, Phvsician-in-Charge of the Edgware Chest
Clinic, for his Annual Report, which I give below.
Medical Staff
Assistant Physicians:
W.C. HARRIS, M. B. , M. R. C. P.
R. W. ROWAN, M.D. , M.R.C.P.
Registrar:
R. A. HADDOW, M. B. , Ch. B.
Visiting Consultants:
Physicians: W.E. Snell, M.A., M.D., F.R.C.P., D.P.H.
R. Grenville-Mathers, M.A., M.D. (Cantab), Ph.D.
P.R.C.P.(Ed.), F.R.F.P.S. G., A.R.I.C.
Thoracic Surgeon: T.W. Stephens, B.A., F.R.C.S.E.
" " C. A. Jackson, M.B.E., F.R.C.S.
Orthopaedic Surgeon: V.C. Snell, F.R.C.S.
Radiologist: J.M. Burbury, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.M.R.
Radiotherapist: A.M. Jelliffe, M.D., M.R.C.P., F.F.R.
AREA SERVED
The official catchment area of the Edgware Chest Clinic includes the whole of
the Borough of Hendon and the Edgware, Stanmore, Queensbury and Kingsbury districts
of the Boroughs of Harrow and Wembley. The clinic is. in fact, sited very close to
the meeting point of the boundaries of the three boroughs mentioned. The Middlesex
County Council appoints Health Visitors and Welfare staff whose work is based on the
chest clinic. They deal primarily with patients in the catchment area. Many
patients whose homes are in fact outside the official catchment area are referred by
their practitioners for opinion and are dealt with at the clinic.
LIAISON
Close liaison is maintained with the Health Departments of the Middlesex County
Council - in particular the Area Medical Officers and the Medical Officers of
Health for the Boroughs of Harrow, Hendon and Wembley is maintained. The Welfare
Department of the Chest Clinic keeps in touch with many statutory and voluntary
organisations such as the Employment Exchanges of the Ministry of Labour, the local
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