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Children found to require treatment at routine school dental inspections
are offered this treatment at one of the above centres. Facilities for
any necessary X-ray and orthodontic treatment are available.
Chest Clinics
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 physician-in-charge is Dr. Trenchard.
Family Planning and Marriage Guidance
Sessions of the Family Planning Association Clinic are held at the
Elmwood Avenue Clinic on Monday evenings, Thursday afternoons, and
on the second and fourth Wednesday evening each month. In addition, a
clinic is held on a Tuesday morning at Alexandra Avenue Clinic. The
Marriage Guidance Council have their offices at 36 College Road,
Harrow.
(D) HOSPITALS
Present Facilities.
Most of the hospitals in, or serving this district are in the region
covered by the North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board and
are controlled and administered by two Hospital Management Committees.
(a) Hendon Group Hospital Management Committee:—
Edgware General Hospital 647 beds and 64 maternity cribs
Hendon District Hospital 63 beds
Colindale Hospital 205 beds
West Hendon Hospital 112 beds
Bushey Maternity Hospital 36 lying-in and 14 ante-natal beds
Stanmore Cottage Hospital 10 beds
Roxbourne Hospital 50 beds
Oxhey Grove 42 beds
(b) Harefield and Northwood Hospital Management Committee:—
Harrow Hospital 122 beds
Pinner, Northwood and
District Hospital 36 beds
Mount Vernon Hospital and
Radium Institute 427 beds