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Ophthalmic Clinics.
School children selected by the school medical officer as the result
of an examination at the school or at the minor ailment clinic, can be
referred to be seen by the ophthalmic surgeon at the ophthalmic clinic
at 76, Marlborough Hill on the mornings of Tuesdays and Fridays, or at
the Alexandra Avenue clinic on Thursday mornings. Only those who
have an appointment can be seen, any new cases being referred in the
first instance to be seen by the school medical officer at one of the minor
ailment clinics.
Child Guidance Clinic.
A child guidance clinic with its team of psychologists and psychiatric
social workers under the administration of the psychiatrist, Dr. Margaret
Saul, is held at No. 2, St. John's Road, Harrow. The children considered
to be in need of the help of this clinic should be referred in the first instance
to be seen by a school medical officer at one of the minor ailment clinics,
except that cases can be referred direct to Dr. Saul by general medical
practitioners, who when they do so should forward her a report. The
child guidance clinic is part of the education service and therefore is
available only for children attending maintained schools. The only
exception to this is that a child who might 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.