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mothers, and for children under school age. Appointments are made at
sessions held at the various permanent clinic buildings in the district.
Chest Clinic
The Chest Clinic serving most of this district is that at 199 Station
Road, Harrow (Tel. No. Harrow 1075). The physician in charge is
Dr. Grenville Mathers. Serving part of the district on the eastern side
is the Chest Clinic at the Edgware General Hospital (Tel. No. Edgware
4467). The physician in charge is Dr. Trenchard.
PROVISION FOR SPECIAL CLASSES OF PERSON
The Deprived Child
The County Council as the local authority under the Children's Act
has a duty to take into care children under the age of seventeen who
are without parents or have been lost, or abandoned by, or are living
away from their parents or when their parents are unable to take care
of them, and the intervention of the authority is necessary in the interests
of the welfare of the child. These children are placed in residential
homes or are boarded out. In certain circumstances the authority may
assume parental rights of a child. It may also act as a fit person under
the Children and Young Persons Act, 1953, when the Court commits a
child to their care. It has a further responsibility for the supervision of
children who are maintained apart from their parents for reward.
The Children's Officer of the Middlesex County Council is Miss J.
Rowell, of 10 Great George Street, S.W.I (Tel. No. Trafalgar 7799).
In this area the work is carried out by the Area Children's Officer, Miss
Susan Boag, at Kynaston Court.
The Mentally III and the Mentally Defective
The mental health services are integrated with the other health
services established under the National Health Service Act. The duties
of the local health authority include responsibility for the initial care
and conveyance to hospital of patients who need to be dealt with under
the Lunacy and Mental Treatments Acts, and for the ascertainment and
community care of mental defectives. The Health Committee of the
County Council is responsible for the mental health functions of the
Authority.
Harrow is part of the central division of the county which is served
by Shenley Hospital. The Mental Welfare Officer, Mr. W.J. Pedal
and other officers, work at 249 Willesden Lane, N.W.2 (Tel. No. Willesden
6181).
Persons in Need of Care and Attention
The Welfare Department of the County Council deals with three
distinct classes of person. It has a duty to provide living accommodation
for persons who by reason of age, infirmity or other circumstances a
in need of care and attention not otherwise available to them. Those:
this group are distinguished from those others needing care and attention
but who are the responsibility of the hospital authority by their