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Brentford and Chiswick 1960

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]

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HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDED BY OTHER AUTHORITIES
North West Metropolitan Regional Rosrprtal Board
South West Middlesex Hospital Management Committee
Brentford Hospital, Chiswick Maternity Hospital and King Edward Memorial
Hospital, Clayponds Wing (formerly Clayponds Hospital) are situated within the
Borough and are administered by the South West Middlesex Hospital Management
Committee under the provisions of the National Health Service Act, 1946.
Brentford Hospital is a cottage type hospital, staffed by general practitioners
and visiting consultants, and has 33 beds dealing with general medical
and surgical cases , This hospital is now a Training School for assistant nurses
in conjunction with South Middlesex Hospital.
Chiswick Maternity Hospital which is an integral part of the West Middlesex
Hospital has at present 55 maternity beds and 55 maternity cots.
King Edward Memorial Hospital, Clayponds Wing has 140 staffed beds and
is classified as dealing with orthopaedic, chronic general medical and surgical
cases. It is just within the Borough and is integrated with the King Edward
Memorial Hospital at Ealing, The majority of the patients admitted to Clayponds
come through the King Edward Memorial Hospital and the remaining patients are
admitted through the West Middlesex and Central Middlesex Hospitals.
A considerable number of Brentford and Chiswick people receive their hospital
treatment at the West Middlesex Hospital Isleworth, and the majority of
cases of infectious disease requiring hospital isolation are admitted to the
South Middlesex Hospital, Isleworth, Use is also made for local residents of
hospital facilities in the Maternity Wards of West Middlesex Hospital, Perivale
Maternity Hospital„ and Queen Charlotte's Hospital,
Chest Clinic patients residing on the north side of the Borough attend the
Ealing Chest Clinic for their examinations X rays and out patient treatment,
and the patients from the remaining area of the Borough attend the Hounslow
Chest Clinic, which is administered by the Staines Group Hospital Management
Committee.
County Council of Middlesex
The County Council of Middlesex is the Local Health Authority under the
National Health Service Act, 1946 and provides the following services in the
Borough:-
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(a) Care of Mothers and Young Children;

Brentford:-
Ante-Natal Clinics and Post-Natal ClinicsTuesday afternoons 2 p.m.
Infant Welfare ClinicsWednesday and Thursday afternoons 2 p.m.
Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Tetanus and Poliomyelitis Immunisation and Vaccination ClinicsFriday afternoons 2 p.m.
Day NurseryPortsdown House, The Butts, Brentford.