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The Council also have an arrangement with Wembley
Hospital by which artificial light treatment, X-Ray examination
and massage treatment are given.
In addition, the Middlesex County Council have a
School Clinic at Wembley Hill School and at Kingsbury
Green School, while the Tuberculosis Dispensary of the
County Council is situated at Pound Lane, Willesden.
There is no centre for the treatment of venereal disease
in the district. This service, a responsibility of the County
Council, is provided at the various London hospitals.
GYNAECOLOGICAL CLINIC.
During the year a step of distinct advance was taken
by the Council opening a special Gynaecological Clinic. The
reasons for recommending such a clinic have appeared in
previous Reports.
There follows a report on the work of the Clinic by
Mrs. F. Elizabeth Harvey, M.B., Ch.B.:—
I have the honour to report that in consequence of
various cases requiring gynaecological attention and
treatment being met with at the various welfare centres
and ante-natal clinics, it was decided to open a special
clinic for women in the district.
This special clinic was opened on the 24th April,
1936, at 1a, Bridge Road, Wembley Park. It was
adequately fitted up and equipped for the purpose, and
it is staffed by one medical officer (myself) and one
health visitor.
The clinic is held twice monthly, namely, from 10
a.m. to noon on the second and last Fridays in each
month. Its existence has been made known by advertisements
in the local Press, and the co-operation of the
local medical profession has also been sought.
Since its inception it has held 23 sessions and the
total number of patients attended amounted to 175,
i.e., an average attendance of 7.6 patients per session.
It is submitted that the wide variety of cases
examined during the year demonstrates the need for the
special clinic and the importance of the services rendered.
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