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(g) Home 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 of 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. There is an Accident Ambulance Station situated in
Southall beside the Town Hall. The Sick Removal Service operates from the Depot in
Hanwell under the control of 'C' District Headquarters in Mogden Lane, Isleworth.
(Telephone Number POPesgrove 8123.)
(i) Mental Health Service
The Mental Health Service deals with persons suffering from mental illness.
(j) School Health 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 Clinic and 13 King Street
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
Speech Therapy 13 King Street, Talbot Road School and Jubilee Gardens Centre
Dental treatment Northcote Avenue Clinic and 13 King Street
Diphtheria, Tetanus and Whooping Cough Immunisation, Smallpox and Poliomyelitis Vaccination Jubilee Gardens Centre, Nortncote Avenue Clinic and 13 King Street
(k) Chiropody Service
The County Council provides a Chiropody Service at the Northcote Avenue Clinic
where expectant mothers, elderly persons and physically handicapped persons may receive
treatment.
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. Children's Officers have been appointed to
deal locally with such cases as they arise, and operate from the Middlesex County Offices,
Great West Road, Brentford.
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