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each of these has a large membership, in all they can reach only a small
proportion of the elderly of the district and perhaps only a very small
proportion of the lonely elderly.
Application was made by the Old People's Welfare Committee for
the Council to approach the Middlesex County Council with a view to
part of the site of the Grant Road School being used for old people's
welfare.
The home visiting scheme provided by the Old People's Welfare
Committee reaches other people and in particular, those who are largely
or perhaps wholly housebound.
Holiday Scheme. In September, the General Purposes Committee
agreed to the Old People's Welfare Committee arranging pilot assisted
holiday schemes for old people to start in 1961 by which sixty old people
will be sent on one weeks' holiday to a resort. The Committee voted a sum
of £300 to meet the extra cost involved.
LABORATORY SERVICE
The examination of clinical material of public health significance is
carried out free of cost to the patient and to the doctor at the Central
Public Health Laboratory, Colindale Avenue, London, N.W.9. (Tel. No.
Colindale 7041).
The clinical material is collected each day by a van from the Laboratory,
calling about mid-day at the Harrow Hospital, "Kynaston Court,"
and the Central Fire Station, Pinner.
The following is a summary of the examinations of material from
this district carried out during the year: nose and throat swabs eight-six ;
faeces 162 ; sputum eleven and miscellaneous seven.
AMBULANCE SERVICE
The Ambulance Service is now under the control of the Health
Committee of the County Council, the County Medical Officer being the
responsible officer. The administrative headquarters of the Service is The
Ambulance Headquarters, The Mall, Kenton (Telephone WORdsworth
The County Council in July decided to transfer the accident
ambulance stationed at the Pinner Fire Station to the Ambulance Depot
at Imperial Drive, North Harrow. This arrangement will not affect the
cover for accidents and emergencies, and ambulances and crews will still
be constantly available for emergencies though stationed at this different
place in the Borough.
The sick removal branch deals with the conveyance of patients to
and from out-patient clinics and non-urgent admissions to and discharges
from hospitals, etc. The ambulances are based at the ten sick removal
depots in the county. No. 6 is at Imperial Drive, North Harrow (Telephone
Nner 8900). Requests for transport are made to the local depot.