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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hillingdon 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]
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Personal Health Services
DAY NURSERIES
The Borough maintains, as in previous years, four Day Nurseries. These provide a total of 200
places, but, as before, in an emergency each Nursery can accommodate an additional 10 children,
thus enabling urgent admissions to be made to cover such domestic upheavals as a Mother's serious
illness or admission to Hospital. The criteria for admission are briefly as follows:—
(a) the children of an unsupported mother (e.g. unmarried, widowed, divorced or separated);
(b) children whose home conditions are unsatisfactory from the health point of view;
(c) children whose mothers are incapable of caring for them adequately;
(d) handicapped children (i.e. partially, or completely deaf, maladjusted, or partially sighted).
The maximum daily charge is 26/-, but comparatively few mothers pay this amount, as the charge is scaled down where applicable according to the Council's assessment scale.
| Quarter Ended | No. of children on register at end of quarter | Total Attendances | Number of Days Open | Average Daily Attendances | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 2 | 2-5 years | Under 2 | 2-5 years | Total | |||
| March | 45 | 136 | 2,216 | 7,025 | 9,241 | 65 | 142.2 |
| June | 46 | 125 | 2,288 | 6,722 | 9,010 | 62 | 145.3 |
| September | 53 | 115 | 2,436 | 6,678 | 9,114 | 65 | 140.2 |
| December | 47 | 125 | 2,379 | 6,690 | 9,069 | 63 | 144 |
(Plates 2 and 3 show popular Day Nursery activities).
CLINICS
The Borough holds Clinic sessions at the 20 premises listed below. Ten of these are purpose built,
and the remainder are hired. In addition 2 mobile clinics operate in those parts of the area which are
not easily accessible to a Clinic. (Plate 1 illustrates the new mobile Clinic).
Purpose-Built Clinics
Elers Road, Hayes. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12.
Grange Park, Lansbury Drive, Hayes. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9.
Harefield, Park Lane, Harefield. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9.
Ickenham, Long Lane, Ickenham. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10.
Laurel Lodge, Harlington Road, Hillingdon. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 13, 14.
Minet, Coldharbour Lane, Hayes. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 13, 14.
Oak Farm, Long Lane, Hillingdon. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9.
Ruislip Manor, Dawlish Drive, Ruislip. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9.
Uxbridge, Council Offices, High Street, Uxbridge. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13.
West Mead, West Mead, South Ruislip. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 13.