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Barnet 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet Urban District Council]

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Victoria Maternity Hospital, Wood Street, Barnet.
"Elm Bank", Arkley. (Female long-stay cases)
59 Beds.
27 Beds.
The following is a list of Clinics etc. , available in the district.
Tuberculosis Clinics are held daily, by appointment, at Barnet Chest Clinic,
Wellhouse Lane, Barnet. (BAR: 7441)
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, is held every Thursday from 9.30 to
11.45 a.m. with a doctor in attendance, except on the fifth Thursday in the month.
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.
The Family Planning Association hold sessions at 133 Wood Street, each Wednesday
between 6 and 7ยป30 p.m. , and Thursday afternoons between 2 and 3 p.m. Also Tuesday
and Thursday evenings by appointment. (BAR: 5345)
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. (BAR: 2352)
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.
Arthur L. Hyatt, M.R.C.S.(Eng.), L.R.C.P.
Chief Public Health Inspector.
+ John Baillie Wilson, M.A.P.H.I. , M.R.S.H.
Deputy Chief Public Health Inspector.
Howard W.C. Alloway, M.A.P.H.I. , A.R.S.H.