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Children attend at the request of the parents or of the teachers, or
they are referred by school medical officers. Not only are those who need
treatment for minor ailments seen at the clinics, but children are kept
under observation for such conditions as cervical glands, cardiac murmurs.
etc. Any children needing special examination, especially if these are
likely to be prolonged, are referred to be seen at these clinics.
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 schoolchildren 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