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(e) Vaccination and Immunisation
In addition to the vaccination and immunisation of infants and young children carried
out at the clinics already referred to, vaccination against smallpox and immunisation against
diphtheria are carried out by those general practitioners who participate in the County
Council scheme.
(f) Prevention of Illness, Care and After Care
The County Council's scheme includes provision for the admission of suitable cases
to recognised recuperative homes. (Such cases should not be in need of medical or nursing
care.)
The care and after care of tuberculous persons is dealt with through the Welfare
Officer at the Chest Clinic.
(g) Domestic Helps
Home Help for householders where this is required owing to the presence of a person
who is ill, lying in, an expectant mother, mental defective, aged, or a child not over
compulsory school age within the meaning of the Education Act, 1944, is provided under
the County Council's scheme.
(h) Ambulance Service
A County Ambulance Service is provided for the removal to hospital, where necessary,
of accident and sickness cases. This service is organised in association with the County
Fire Service. There is an Ambulance Accident Station situated in Southall beside the
Town Hall.
(1) Mental Health Service
The Mental Health Service deals with persons suffering from mental deficiency or
mental illness.
(j) School Medical Service
Medical inspection and dental inspection of school children are arranged by the County
Council through the Southall Divisional Executive. Medical treatment and dental
treatment are provided by the County Council in the Borough as follows:—
Minor ailments treatment Northcote Avenue and Featherstone Road School
Clinics.
Orthopaedic treatment Northcote Avenue Clinic.
Ophthalmic treatment Northcote Avenue Clinic.
Physiotherapy Northcote Avenue Clinic and Jubilee Gardens Centre.
Ultra Violet Light treatment Northcote Avenue Clinic.
Northcote Avenue Clinic.
King Street. (Closed for adaptations.)
Speech therapy Talbot Road School.
Jubilee Gardens Centre. (Until King Street re-opens.)
County Council of Middlesex—Children's Department
The County Council, through the Children's Department, is also concerned in caring
for children deprived of a normal home life. Area Children's Officers have been appointed
to deal locally with such cases as they arise.
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