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(1) Home Helps.
Home Helps are employed to provide domestic help for
households "where such help is required owing to the presence
of any person who is ill, lying-in, an expectant mother,
mentally defective, aged, or a child not over compulsory school
age". A charge is made for this service but in assessing what
the charge should be consideration is given to the means of the
persons concerned.
(3) Prevention of Illness, Care and After-Care.
The care and after-care of tuberculous persons is
dealt with by the Care Almoner at the Chest Clinic, Queen's
Road, Kingston-upon-Thames. Among other things, the County
Council scheme provides for the admission of persons, not in
need of medical or nursing care, to recuperative holiday homes
and for this a charge is made according to the person's circumstances.
(k) Mental Health.
This service provides for the ascertainment of cases
of mental ill-health and mental deficiency, the statutory
supervision and guardianship of mental defectives living in
the community, and the provision of after-care for persons
who have undergone treatment for mental illness. The office
of the Mental Welfare (Duly Authorised) Officer for the
Borough is at 35, Coombe Road, Kingston-upon-Tham.es (KIN.3302).
Surrey County Council - Education Department.
The School Health Service is staffed by the County
Health Department and provides the following services;-
(a) Routine medical inspection of pupils.
(b) Cleanliness surveys of pupils.
(c) Dental inspection of pupils.
(d) Ascertainment of handicapped pupils in need of
special education.
(e) Treatment clinics as under:-
(i) Minor ailments.
Health Centre. Dally, 9-10 a.m.
Dinton Road Clinic. " 9 - 10 "
(ii) Medical consultation.
Health Centre. Mondays, a.m.
Dinton Road Clinic. Fridays, a.m.
(iii) Eye clinic.
Health Centre.
Thursdays, from 10 a.m.
by appointment.
(iv) Dental clinic. (see under Health)
Immunisation clinic. ( Department )
(v) Child guidance clinic.
Cases referred to clinic held at "Roselands",
Kingston Road, New Maiden.
(vi) Speech therapy.
Health Centre.
Mondays & Thursdays
by appointment.