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Patients requiring treatment under the Council's maternity and
child welfare scheme are referred to the County Council's ophthalmic
clinic held at the Broadway, Wealdstone, or to the dental treatment
held at 76, Marlborough Hill, Wealdstone.
Tuberculosis Clinic.
Sessions are held at the Tuberculosis Dispensary at 53, Greenhill
Crescent, on Monday mornings, Thursday afternoons and at 6 p.m.
on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month. At the clinic
held at 158, The Broadway, Hendon, sessions are held on Wednesday
and Friday mornings and at 6 p.m. on the first and third Wednesdays
of the month.
Venereal Diseases.
Provision for the treatment of venereal disease is made under
the London and Home Counties Scheme. All treatment, whether
in-patient or out-patient, is provided free of charge, the County
Council having resolved that any necessary treatment for venereal
disease provided through the Council's general hospital service
should be granted free of charge. Travelling expenses are paid
by the County Council to out-patients in necessitous circumstances
who otherwise might be unable to make the numerous attendances
over long periods which are usually necessary if a cure is to be
obtained.
During 1936 3,288 new cases were dealt with under the scheme,
the total attendances being 131,721. Of this number, 439 attended
at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Tottenham, the only centre in the
County providing this treatment. At this hospital patients made
a total number of 29,071 visits, or a ratio of 66 visits per new
patient as contrasted with a ratio of 36 visits per new patient
made by those treated at other hospitals under the scheme. Such
a marked variation suggests that greater advantage would be taken
of the services if they were made more accessible.
PROFESSIONAL NURSING IN THE HOME.
(a) General.
Towards the end of the year the Stanmore Nursing Association
merged into the Harrow, Wealdstone and Harrow Weald District
Nursing Association, which now, therefore, covers the entire district
except for a portion served by the Pinner Nursing Association and
a small portion on the eastern border of the area. The Harrow
Association now works from two homes; one at Warneford,
Bessborough Road, Harrow, the other at 93, Uppingham Avenue,
Belmont. Altogether 2,190 patients were nursed, 27,747 visits
being paid. b