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authority according to the financial circumstances of the household ;
some, or all, of this sum is recovered from those who are helped.
The main demand for help is from those who are suffering from
pulmonary tuberculosis. Although the hours of help required might
vary, the patient, once assisted, needs that help for a very long time.
Another constant demand is for home helps at houses at which
women are being confined. In such cases, however, for most of them,
the help is provided only for two weeks. There is a constant demand
from the elderly who may, or may not be suffering from some disability.
To many a very limited amount of help makes a considerable difference
to the person's comfort. There is as well a continuous demand from those
suffering from some acute condition. Many of these would have come
on suddenly without warning, so that no preparation could have been
made. From the nature of the case the demand is often of limited duration.
The demand for such help can rise very rapidly, on such occasions as
the prevalence of an outbreak of influenza.
Applications for home helps should be made to the organiser of the
domestic help service, Mrs. McLeod, at the Area Office, " Cottesmore,"
Uxbridge Road, Stanmore (Tel. No. Grimsdyke 741).
DAY NURSERIES
The County Council, as local health authority, maintains in this
district four day nurseries to which children up to the age of five years
are admitted. They are at Spencer Road, Wealdstone ; Walton Avenue,
South Harrow ; Kenmore Road, Kenton ; and Headstone Drive, Wealdstone.
The nurseries are intended primarily for the children of mothers
engaged whole-time on work classed as of national importance. In their
Development plan, the County Council's proposals regarding day nurseries
were :—" It is considered that the provision of day nurseries is
required to meet social, rather than health needs. In the circumstances,
the demand is likely to be somewhat fluctuating and the County Council
accordingly does not propose to embark upon a policy of progressive
expansion of this service. It will be guided both as to the numbers of
nurseries provided, and their siting, by local demands for women in
industry. In any case, it does not propose to encourage the reception of
infants under the age of two years in day nurseries."
Children over two but under five years of age are also admitted to
one of the three nursery schools maintained by the Education Authority,
" Tyneholme," Rayners Lane, and Buckingham Road ; and older children
to the nursery classes attached to some schools.
CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES
The County Council as the local health authority maintains the
following clinics and treatment centres in, or serving, the district :—
Infant Welfare Centres.
Elmwood Clinic, Elmwood Avenue, Kenton Mon. and Wed. p.m.
Baptist Church Hall, Streatfield Road, Kenton Wed. a.m. and p.m.