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EXCLUSION FROM WORK OF CONTACTS OF
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Under the National Insurance Act of 1946, a certificate can be
issued in any case where the Medical Officer of Health considers it
advisable that a person should be excluded from work. This is usually done
where a person is suspected of being a carrier of a disease, or has been in
contact with a disease, and where the person, because of the nature of
his/her occupation, is liable to transmit the disease (e.g. a food handler).
The granting of such a certificate enables the person affected to
claim sickness benefit. Three such certificates were issued during the
year.
HOSPITALS IN THE BOROUGH OF FULHAM
1. Fulham Hospital:
St. Dunstan's Road, W.6.
An acute general hospital for medical and surgical cases;
mental observation unit; chronic sick wards; out-patient department.
Number of staffed beds - 384.
2. Fulham Maternity Hospital:
5-7, Parsons Green, S.W.6.
Number of staffed beds - 30.
3o Western Hospitals:
Seagrave Road, S.W.6.
A hospital for the treatment of infectious diseases of all
kinds; poliomyelitis unit; pulmonary tuberculosis wards.
Number of staffed beds - 192.
4. Fulham Chest Clinic:
114, New King's Road, S.W.6.
Clinic for the out-patient treatment of tuberculosis.