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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 these clinics.
Ophthalmic Clinics
Sessions are held at the Honeypot Lane Clinic on Tuesday mornings,
Marlborough Hill clinic on Thursday afternoons and Friday mornings,
and at the Alexandra Avenue clinic on Thursday mornings. The prescription
is taken to an optician who provides the spectacles.
Arrangements are made to keep those children provided with
spectacles under observation.
The ophthalmic surgeons at the clinic are now on the staff of the
Regional Hospital Board.
The deflection of a squinting eye can sometimes be straightened by
exercises. An orthoptist treats children in this way at the Marlborough
Hill clinic.
Child Guidance Centre
At the County Council's Child Guidance Centre at 82 Gayton Road,
Harrow, the full-time psychiatrist, Dr. Margaret Saul, is helped by
psychologists and psychiatric social workers.
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 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 six premises : 76 Marlborough Hill
Elmwood Avenue clinic, Alexandra Avenue clinic, Roxeth clinic.
Honeypot Lane clinic and Whittlesea Road 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, at the routine
dental inspection of children at the schools, to need treatment. Only
those who attend by appointment can be seen, except those referre
the head teachers of the schools for urgent or emergency treatment.