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The Council of Child Welfare which, from the geographical
situation of their clinic, naturally dealt mostly with residents of
Harrow and Wealdstone, did not close their doors to others needing
treatment, even from Pinner, Harrow Weald and Stanmore.
Offering the only facilities for treatment, they were recognised by
the Harrow and Wealdstone Councils who were the local maternity
and child welfare authorities, and received an annual grant. In
respect of the dental work carried out on the school children, the
Middlesex County Council made a grant for inhabitants of Harrow
and Wealdstone and districts, but not in respect of any of the other
treatment services provided for the school children. In 1919 the
facilities offered at 8, College Road were the following clinics :
infant welfare, ante-natal, dental, massage, eye, ear, nose and
throat, in addition to which certain minor operations were
performed, and there was a small ward for ailing babies. 8, College
Road was, in effect, carrying out work of an out-patient department
of a general hospital in respect of mothers and children. In March,
1925, a massage clinic was started for the treatment of adults,
and in the autumn of 1926 further developments took place by
the provision of an artificial sunlight clinic, though at the same
time the ward for the ailing babies was closed. Artificial sunlight
treatment was later made available to adults, but in 1931 all
facilities to adults had to be withdrawn owing to the heavy cost of
maintaining them when no financial contributions were forthcoming,
but they were then taken over by the Harrow Hospital.
Owing to the termination of the lease of the premises at 8,
College Road in March, 1932, the clinic was transferred and
restarted in October, 1932, at " Tyneholme," Headstone Drive,
Wealdstone. At the new clinic the same services were provided,
except that the ear, nose and throat clinic was closed, the work
being transferred to the Harrow Hospital, while Borosini Treatment
became available for the first time. The most recently established
service is the Child Guidance Clinic.
The Middlesex County Council in their proposals for the
review of the county areas under Section 46 of the Local Government
Act, 1929, urged that the County Council should be the local
authority for maternity and child welfare purposes in the new
Urban District of Harrow. The enquiry into the proposals of the
County Council for the review of the county was held in February,
1933, but it was decided that the question of the maternity and
child welfare services should be the subject of an enquiry under
Section 60 of the 1929 Act. In November, 1933, the County
Council passed the resolution that representation be made to the
Minister under Section 60 as to the desirability of his giving effect
to the proposals submitted by the County Council with regard to
the maternity and child welfare services in the new Harrow Urban
District. On February 9th, 1934, an enquiry was held at the
Middlesex Guildhall into this application for the transfer to the