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(i) Health Visitors.
Health Visitors who also act as School Nurses are employed in clinics and home visiting.
Their work is largely educational and social, and is defined in the Act as " giving advice
as to the care of young children, persons suffering from illness, and expectant and nursing
mothers, and as to the measures necessary to prevent the spread of infection."
(/) Domestic Helps.
Home helps are employed to provide domestic help for households " where such help is
required owing to the presence of any person who is ill, lying-in, an expectant mother,
mentally defective, aged, or a child not over compulsory school age." A charge is made
for this service and in assessing this, regard is had to the means of the persons concerned,
(k) Prevention of Illness, Care and After-care.
The care and after-care of tuberculosis persons is dealt with by the Welfare Officer at the
Chest Clinic. Among other things, the County Council scheme provides for the admission
of persons, not in need of medical or nursing care, to recuperative holiday homes and for
this a charge is made according to the person's circumstances.
(/) Ambulance Service.
Provision is made for the conveyance of sick, accident and emergency cases, and the service
is organised in association with the Fire Service. The accident and emergency service is
stationed at the Fire Station, Isleworth, and the sick removal service at West Middlesex
Hospital.
(m) Mental Health.
This service provides for the ascertainment of cases of mental ill-health and mental
deficiency, the statutory supervision and guardianship of mental defectives living in the
community, and the provision of after-care for persons who have undergone treatment for
mental illness. The office of the Mental Welfare (Duly Authorised) Officer for the
Borough is at County Offices, Great West Road, Brentford.
Middlesex County Council—Education Department.—The School Health Service is staffed
by the County Health Department and provides the following services :—
(a) routine medical inspection of pupils
(b) cleanliness surveys of pupils
(c) dental inspection of pupils
(d) ascertainment of handicapped pupils in need of special education
(e) treatment clinics as under :—
(i) minor ailments
92 Bath Road, Hounslow daily—mornings
Busch Corner, Isleworth daily—mornings
Heston Village Hall daily—mornings
Cranford Junior School daily—mornings
(ii) Medical consultation
92 Bath Road, Hounslow Tuesday and Friday mornings
Busch Corner, Isleworth Monday and Wednesday mornings
Heston Village Hall Thursday morning
Cranford Junior School Tuesday (fortnightly)—morning
(iii) eye clinic
92 Bath Road, Hounslow Monday and Wednesday afternoons
Monday morning
Busch Corner, Isleworth Thursday morning
(iv) allergy clinic
92 Bath Road, Hounslow Monday afternoons
(v) orthopaedic clinic
92 Bath Road, Hounslow 4th Monday morning
(vi) physiotherapy
92 Bath Road, Hounslow Wednesday and Thursday afternoons.
Thursday morning
(vii) dental clinic
artificial sunlight clinic ) (see under Health Department)
immunisation clinic J v r
(viii) child guidance clinic Old Town School, Hounslow, by appointment
(ix) speech therapy by appointment
Middlesex County Council—Welfare Department.—This service is concerned with the
welfare of aged, physically and mentally infirm, blind and partially sighted, deaf and dumb, epilep i
ind crippled persons and the provision of temporary accommodation for persons in urgent need thereo .
The address of the Welfare Officer for the Borough is County Offices, Great West Road, Brenttor
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