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prove to be a maladjusted child, and as such be a handicapped pupil,
might be referred there for examination, though not for treatment.
A speech therapy clinic for school children is held in the same building.
Dental Treatment.
Dental treatment apart from that provided under the National
Health Service Act is available for certain priority sections of the public,
namely, school children, children under five and expectant and nursing
mothers.
The service is under the administration of the area dental officer,
Mr. A. G. Brown.
There are dental surgeries at five premises, namely, 76, Marlborough
Hill, Elmwood Avenue clinic, Alexandra Avenue clinic, Roxeth clinic and
Honeypot Lane clinic.
Apart from the sessions when the dental officers are examining children
in the schools, treatment sessions are held every week-day morning
and afternoon.
The school children treated there are those found as the result of
routine dental inspection of children at the schools to need treatment.
The only ones who can attend without a previous appointment are those
who are referred by the head teachers of the schools, the children attending
under the arrangements made for the urgent or emergency treatment
of those needing such attention for some cause such as toothache.
Most of the children under five and the expectant and the nursing
mothers are referred by the medical officers at the clinics which they have
attended. The Health Authority dental service is, however, available to
ante-natal mothers who do not attend the local clinics, but who are
referred for treatment by the medical practitioners under whose care
they are, appointments being made through the Area Office.
Physio-Therapy Treatment.
The Harrow Hospital maintains a physical treatment centre at the
Car Park Building, Station Road, Harrow, Tel. No. Harrow 0926. The
medical director, Dr. G. G. Farrington, attends at fixed sessions to see
all new cases. A wide range of treatment is carried out by the staff
under supervision of Miss M. Lock. The orthopaedic surgeon, Mr. K. I.
Nissen, attends once a month.
Tuberculosis Clinic.
Most of the area is served by the Chest Clinic at 53, Greenhill Crescent,
part of the district to the north and east being served by the Chest
Clinic at the Edgware General Hospital.
Treatment of Venereal Diseases.
In addition to the hospitals at which treatment is available under the
London and Home Counties Scheme, facilities are available at the following
Hospitals: Central Middlesex Hospital, Acton Lane, Willesden;
Hillingdon Hospital, Royal Lane, Hillingdon; West Middlesex Hospital,
Twickenham Road, Isleworth.