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Immunisation and Vaccination.
By application to National Health Service practitioners who have
entered the Scheme, or by arrangement with the Area Medical Officer:
215, Chevening Road, N.W.6.
Telephone No.: LADbroke 2411.
Midwifery and Home Nursing.
By application to the Area Medical Officer: 215, Chevening Road,
N.W.6.
Telephone No.: LADbroke 2411.
Outside office hours Home Nurses may be contacted in their own
homes.
School Health Service.
Clinics at all the Child Health Clinics.
4. VERMINOUS CONDITIONS. Only 8 cases, 2 adults and
6 children were referred to a Health Centre for treatment more
intensive than could be given in the home. The generalisation
remains true that infestation is scarcely a Public Health problem in
Wembley. The response of the mothers to the advice given through
the School Health Services is most gratifying.
5. MORTUARY. In previous Annual Reports attention has
been drawn to the need for a new Mortuary. The old one which
was built in 1903 to serve the needs of a much smaller population
had become inadequate in more ways than one and the Council
decided to close it. Its closure coincided with the retirement of the
Mortuary Keeper who had served the Council in this capacity for
nineteen years. It would be a pity to allow the opportunity to pass
without paying a tribute to this employee who performed his duties
in a most conscientious manner, with sympathy and understanding
towards relatives of deceased persons, and with courtesy and a spirit
of co-operation towards Undertakers and others whose duties required
them to visit the Mortuary. Very few men are capable of and
willing to take on this vocation and the Council may not find it
easy to fill the vacancy when the need arises.
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