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Barnet 1960

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

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Victoria Maternity Hospital, Wood Street, Barnet. 59 Beds.
The following is a list of Clinics etc. , available in the district.
Tuberculosis Clinics are held daily, at Barnet Chest Clinic, Wellhouse Lane,
Barnet. 'Phone BAR: 7441 for an appointment.
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 7.30 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.
Medi_cal Officer of Health.
Arthur L. Hyatt, M.R.C.S.(Eng.), L.R.C.P.
Chief Public Health Inspector.
+ John B. Wilson, M.A.P.H.I. , M.R.S.H.