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Barnet 1963

[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: 744-1 for an appointment.
At Vale Drive the following Clinics are held:
During term time Clinics for Schoolchildren are held on the second and
fourth Monday morning in each month and 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 Wednesday mornings. An
Infant Welfare Clinic is held every Tuesday afternoon all the year round.
Immunisation sessions are held on the first and third Tuesday mornings in each
month. Dental Clinics by appointment. For the convenience of residents
at Totteridge there is an Infant Welfare Clinic at "Dollisfield" every Friday
afternoon with a Doctor in attendance on the first and third Fridays. A
branch Clinic at St, Stephen's Hall, Bells Hill, is held every Thursday from
9.30 - 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 - 7.30 p.m. Also Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings
by appointment. (BAR: 5345)
Home Help Service.
The local office of the Herts County Council Home Help Service at The
Health Centre, East Barnet Road, East Barnet, is open daily from 9 - 5, Monday
to Friday inclusive. (HAD: 1251)
British Red Cross Loan Centre, next to Christ Church. St. Albans Road. Barnet.
Equipment for invalids may be obtained, on loan, between 8-9 p.m. ,
Monday and 9.30 - 11 a.m. Thursday, or by arrangement ('phone Mrs. B. Shipton,
BAR: 5604 or Mrs. D. Cheason, BAR: 0117).