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SECTION B—GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH
SERVICES IN THE AREA.
These are mainly provided by the Surrey County Council, the
South West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board, and the Executive
Council for the County. In order to make the report complete
these are briefly described below.
(a) Services Provided by the Surrey County Council.
These are organized on a Divisional basis, the Northern Division
comprising the Boroughs of Richmond and Barnes. The Medical
Officer of Health for Richmond is also the Divisional Medical Officer
and this arrangement assists co-ordination of the personal health
services and environmental health.
Administrative, Infant Welfare, and School Medical functions are
carried out from the following Centres:—
Divisional Health Offices and Welfare Centre, Kings Road,
Richmond.
Welfare Centre, Windham Road, Richmond.
Welfare Centre, Back Lane, Ham.
Health Visitors are employed and, according to the District in
which they work they are based on one or other of the above
centres.
District Nurses and Midwives are provided and in Richmond
their centre is the Nurses Home, 19, Larkfield Road. They work
under the direct supervision of the general practitioners.
Moral Welfare or the care of unmarried mothers and illegitimate
children is undertaken by an officer based at the Divisional Health
Office.
A Home Help Service provides for domestic help in the home in
cases of home confinement or illness. The service is under the manage
ment of the Home Help Supervisor who is based at the Divisional
Health Office.
An Ambulance Service is provided from the station in Kings
Road, Richmond which operates under the control station in Maiden.
The service is supported by the ambulance of the local division of
the St. John Ambulance Brigade.
A Day Nursery for the care of children up to the age of five
years is located in Parkshot, Richmond.