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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 was provided by the local health authority
for children attending maintained schools, for nursing and expectant
mothers, and for children under school age. Appointments were made
at sessions held at the various permanent clinic buildings in the district.
In 1960, arrangements were started by which those in certain priority
groups who needed treatment for conditions of their feet could receive
this. These were the expectant and nursing mothers, children under five,
the physically handicapped and the elderly.
Chest Clinic.
The Chest Clinic serving most of the district is that at 199 Station
Road, Harrow, (Telephone 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 (Telephone No.
Edgware 4467). The pyhsician-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. (Telephone 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