Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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Treatment Centres.
The following treatment centres are provided by the Council
of Child Welfare at "Tyneholme," Headstone Drive, Wealdstone:—
Dental Clinic Saturday, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Massage Clinic Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 1.30 p.m.
Sunlight Clinic Tuesday and Thursday, 9 a.m.
In addition the following clinics are held on behalf of the
Harrow and Wealdstone Hospital:—
Massage Clinic Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 5 p.m.
Sunlight Clinic Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 5 p.m.
School Treatment Services.
Minor Ailments Clinic:—
Roxeth Hill Council School, Harrow—Wednesday, 9.30
a.m.
Broadway Clinic, Wealdstone—Monday and Thursday,
9.30 a.m.
Whitchurch Institute—Friday, 9.30 a.m.
Ophthalmic Clinic:—
Broadway Clinic, Wealdstone—Wednesday, 9.30 a.m.
Dental Clinic:—
"Tyneholme"—By appointment.
Baptist Church Hall, Northolt Road, Harrow—Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday, 9.30 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Whitchurch Institute, Stanmore—Wednesday, 9.30 a.m.
and 2 p.m.
Tuberculosis Clinic.
The local Tuberculosis Dispensary is maintained at 25,
Greenhill Crescent, Harrow, on Thursday afternoons. This is a
branch dispensary, the main one which serves an area which includes
Harrow, Wembley, Willesden and Ruislip-Northwood, being
situated at Pound Lane, Willesden. The work carried out at the
tuberculosis dispensary is mainly consultative and advisory in
character, active treatment not being undertaken to any considerable
extent.
Venereal Diseases.
There is no treatment provided locally for persons suffering
from venereal disease. Provision is made under the London and
Home Counties Scheme, the only centre in the county providing
this treatment being the Prince of Wales' Hospital, Tottenham.
Professional Nursing in the Home.
(a) General.
There are three Nursing Associations in the district.
1. Pinner Nursing Association.
Hon. Secretary, Mrs. Lascelies, Manor House, Waxwell Lane,
Pinner; Staff, Nurse-Midwife Swift, Northview, Rickmansworth
Road, Pinner Green.