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(d) Home Nursing and Nursing Equipment
Home Nurses are employed to undertake the nursing of persons in their own homes.
(This work was formerly undertaken by " District Nurses.")
Where nursing equipment is required for use in the home, it is available on loan through
the British Red Cross Society.
(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 combined with the County Fire Service.
There is an Ambulance Accident Station situated in Southall beside the Town Hall.
(i) 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 13, King Street.
Orthopaedic treatment Northcote Avenue Clinic.
Ophthalmic treatment Northcote Avenue Clinic.
Northcote Avenue Clinic and
Physiotherapy Jubilee Gardens Centre.
Ultra Violet Light treatment Northcote Avenue Clinic.
13, King Street, Talbot Road School and
Speech Therapy Jubilee Gardens Centre.
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