Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet UDC]
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At Vale Drive the following Clinics are held during the school term.
A Clinic for Schoolchildren on the second and fourth Monday morning in each
month, and a Clinic for Remedial Exercises every Monday afternoon. A speech
therapy Clinic is held on Wednesdays and Fridays, Child Guidance Clinics on
Thursdays, and an Eye Clinic on Wednesdays. An Infant Welfare Clinic is held
every Tuesday afternoon all the year round and also on the first and third
Fridays in each month. Dental Clinics are held daily. For the convenience
of residents at Totteridge there is an Infant Welfare Clinic at "Dollisfield"
every Friday afternoon. A branch Clinic at St. Stephen's Hall, Bells Hill was
opened on Thursday, October 2nd and is held every Thursday from 9.30 to 11.45 a.m.
with a doctor in attendance on the first and third Thursdays in each month.
The Family Planning Association hold sessions at Vale Drive each Wednesday
between 6 and 7.30 p.m., and Thursday evenings by appointment.
These Clinics are subject to alteration and it is advisable to enquire of
the Vale Drive Clinic (BAR: 6194) for the current days and times.
Home Help Service.
The local office of the Herts County Council Home Help Service at 42 Lytton
Road, New Barnet, is open daily from 9-1, Monday to Friday inclusive.
British Red Cross Loan Centre. 53 Wood Street. Barnet.
Equipment for invalids may be obtained, on loan, between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Monday to Friday.
PUBLIC HEALTH STAFF.
Medical Officer of Health.
ø x Arthur L. Hyatt, M.R.C.S.(Eng.), L.R.C.P,
Chief Public Health Inspector.
+ ø John Baillie Wilson, M.A.P.H.I., M.R.S.H.
Additional Public Health Inspectors.
ø Howard W.C. Alloway, M.A.P.H.I., A.R.S.H.
+ ø Roy W. Pursglove, M.A.P.H.I.
Clerk.
Miss Marjorie Runtz.