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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

Hayes and Harlington 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]

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HEALTH SERVICES IN THE AREA, INCLUDING CONTROL OF
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Hospitals.
Hayes Cottage Hospital, Grange Road, Hayes.
Harlington Cottage Hospital, Sipson Lane, Harlington, for
maternity cases.
Hillingdon Hospital, near Uxbridge.
St. John's Hospital, Uxbridge, for infectious diseases.
Joyce Green Hospital, Dartford, for cases of smallpox.
Ambulance Service.
This is provided by the Middlesex County Council for the
conveyance of all cases to hospital and one ambulance is based in
Hayes; other ambulances operate from Hillingdon Hospital.
Tuberculosis.
Provision for treatment is made at South Mimms Hospital,
Harefield Hospital and other places, while the chest clinic is situated
at the Local County Offices, High Street, Uxbridge.

Table: The following table shows the details of the visit of the Mass Radiography Unit in January

The following table shows the details of the visit of the Mass Radiography Unit in January

SessionalMenWomenTotal
Queen's Hall, Hayes2,0692,0914,160
Visits to Industrial Concerns
Harrison & Sons Ltd27759336
British Electric Transformer Co. Ltd.30881389
Weston Chibnalls (Chibnall's Bakeries) Ltd14761208
2,8012,2925,093
Organised Groups1,8896452,534
Visitors6751,3442,019
Ex-School Leavers237303540
2,8012,2925,093
Large Film Recalls.
Number recalled262652
No further action42
Further investigation required10
of these, four active cases(2 men from organised groups
1 woman from organised groups
1 woman visitor).