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The clinics are used for the treatment of minor ailments and in
addition for consultation purposes where children attend at the request
of the parents or of the teachers or for either the more detailed examination
or follow-up examination of a particular child seen at a routine
inspection in school.
Ophthalmic Clinics
Sessions are held at the Honeypot Lane Clinic on Thursday mornings,
Caryl Thomas Clinic, Headstone Drive on Wednesday mornings and
Thursday afternoons, and at the Alexandra Avenue Clinic on Thursday
mornings. Children with defective vision found at routine inspections are
referred for examination by ophthalmic surgeons who are on the staff of
the Regional Hospital Board. Arrangements are made to keep these
children under careful periodic review. In addition, facilities for orthoptic
treatment are available at the Caryl Thomas Clinic.
Speech Clinics
Speech clinics are provided at the Caryl Thomas Clinic, Headstone
Drive, where two speech therapists are engaged. Cases are referred by
school medical officers and by the teachers. In addition, the therapists
visit the schools to discuss with and give advice to teaching staff on cases
with minor degrees of speech defect. Therapy sessions are now being
held in some of the peripheral clinics. This cuts down travelling distances
and is welcomed by parents.
Child Guidance Centre
At the County Council's Child Guidance Centre at 82 Gayton Road
Harrow, the child guidance team consisting of psychiatrist, educational
psychologist, psychiatric social workers and psycho-therapists, provide a
service giving advice and treatment to children whose education is
suffering as a result of some form of emotional difficulty.
Dental Treatment
This service is under the administration of the Area Dental Officer,
Mr. A. G. Brown. Treatment is available for school children, children
under 5 and expectant and nursing mothers at seven centres:—
Caryl Thomas Clinic, Headstone Drive.
Elmwood Avenue Clinic.
Roxeth Hill Clinic.
Honeypot Lane Clinic.
Alexandra Avenue Clinic.
Whittlesea Road Clinic.
Cecil Park Clinic.