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health made pregnancy inadvisable. Private medical practitioners
have also referred patients to the clinic. One patient
whose anaemia and mal-nutrition were due to her having had
nine children in nine years is an example of the possibilities of
correct birth control advice with regard to preventive medicine.
Multi-parity alone is sometimes the cause of continued poor
health.
The Middlesex County Council conduct a school clinic at the
Wembley Hill and Kingsbury Green Schools, where minor ailments,
defective vision and dental defects are dealt with.
The Tuberculosis Dispensary.—A County Council service is
conducted at the clinic, Pound Lane, Willesden.
Venereal Disease.—There is no centre for the treatment of
this disease in the district. This service, a responsibility of the
County Council, is provided at the various London Hospitals.
HOSPITALS.
There is no Municipal hospital in the district. The most
nearly situated County hospitals are:—
(1) Redhill County Hospital, Edgware.
(2) Central Middlesex County Hospital, Park Royal.
At the Redhill County Hospital an important addition has
been the extension of the maternity accommodation at the end
of the year from 21 beds to 60 beds. At the time of writing
this report extensions are also proceeding at the Central Middlesex
Hospital, where the present maternity accommodation of
28 beds is to be increased to 60 beds.
At the Wembley Hospital, the voluntary institution in the
Borough, extensive alterations are in progress. The number of
beds is being raised from 63 to 83, while too, a new nurses'
home accommodating 56 nurses is almost completed. The Council
have made a contribution of 250 guineas to the hospital
during the year.
The great London Voluntary Hospitals also supply both
consultation and in-patient services to the inhabitants of the
area.
NUTRITION.
Ministry of Health Circular 1519.
The Minister of Health in Circular 1519 referred to the
recently issued First Report of the Advisory Committee on
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