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Harrow 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]

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Treatment Centres.
The following treatment centres were 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 were 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.
Since May, the local Tuberculosis Dispensary has been held at 53,
Greenhill Crescent, Harrow, on Monday mornings, Thursday afternoons
and at 6 p.m. on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the
month. A clinic is also held at 158, The Broadway, Hendon, on
Wednesday and Friday mornings and on the first and third
Wednesdays of the month at 6 p.m.
The following is extracted from the Annual Report of the
County Medical Officer for the year 1935: "Since 1919 the County
has been divided for administrative purposes into six dispensary
areas, each in the charge of a tuberculosis Medical Officer. ... In
November, 1935, the County Council approved a proposal to
establish an additional dispensary area by the division of the
existing areas 2 (which included Finchley, Friern Barnet, Hendon
(excluding Edgware), Hornsey, Potters Bar, Southgate and Wood
Green) and 3 (which included Edgware, Harrow, Ruislip-Northwood,
Wembley and Willesden) where the pressure of work has been
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