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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'.
(j) 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 person
concerned.
(k) Prevention of Illness, Care and After-care.
The care and after-care of tuberculous 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.
(l) 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 illhealth
and mental deficiency, the statutory supervision-and guardianship
of mental defectives living in the community, and the provision of aftercare
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
Busch Corner, Isleworth
New Heston Road
daily-mornings
daily-mornings
daily-mornings
(ii) Medical consultation
92, Bath Road, Hounslow
Busch Corner, Isleworth
New Heston Road
Tuesday and Friday mornings
Monday and Wednesday mornings
Friday morning
(iii) Eye Clinic
92, Bath Road, Hounslow
Busch Corner, Isleworth
Monday and Wednesday afternoons,
Monday morning
Thursday morning
(iv) Allergy Clinic
92, Bath Road, Hounslow.
Monday afternoons
(v) Orthopaedic Clinic
92, Bath Road, Hounslow.
2nd Monday afternoon in month
(vi) Physiotherapy
92, Bath Road, Hounslow.
Wednesday and Thursday afternoons,
Thursday morning
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