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the full-time psychiatrist, Dr. Margaret Saul, who was helped by such
other members of the team as psychologists and psychiatric social workers.
Those working at the clinic were a balanced team, the time of members
being largely taken up in dealing with patients under the care of Dr. Saul.
In 1951 the County Council decided that the child guidance arrangements
should become part of the education service, from which time these
establishments have been known as Child Guidance Centres. Each of
the County Council's centres is under the administrative control of a
psychologist, the medical service being provided by a psychiatrist now
appointed by the Regional Hospital Board.
Speech Clinic
A speech clinic is held at the Marlborough Hill clinic where two
whole-time speech therapists are engaged. Those attending are mainly
pupils of maintained schools who have been referred for treatment either
by the school medical officers or by the teachers. Sessions are now
being held at some of the peripheral clinics.
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.
An orthodontic surgeon works at the Marlborough Hill Clinic.
Physio-Therapy Treatment
The Harrow Hospital maintains a physical treatment centre at the
Car Park Building, Station Road, Harrow (Tel. No. Harrow 0926).