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Children under five, expectant and nursing mothers are referred by
the medical officers at the clinics which they attend. Expectant mothers
are also referred by their own doctors.
An orthodontic surgeon works at the Marlborough Hill clinic.
Care of the Feet
A limited chiropody service is provided by the local health authority
for children attending maintained schools, for nursing and expectant
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 shenly Hospital. The Mental Welfare Officer, Mr. W. J. Pedel, and
other officers, work at 249 Willesden Lane, N.W.2 (Tel. No. Willesden