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SECTION G
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN
THE BOROUGH
Laboratory Facilities.
Following the appointment of Mr. D. F. H. Button, A.R.C.S.,
F.R.I.C. (Public Analyst to the Southwark Borough Council) on
the 1st October, 1952, to the position of Public Analyst to this
Council, the chemical analysis of food is now carried out at the
Southwark Borough Council's Laboratory situated at The Health
Centre, Walworth Road, S.E.
Bacteriological examination of food and drugs is carried out
by the Public Health Laboratory Service, County Hall, and the
Borough Council have arranged for the convenience of local
doctors and their patients that various bacteriological investigations
are made at the West London Hospital.
Our work at this laboratory includes the examination of
throat swabs and intestinal specimens, etc., and the service is
of much benefit in view of its immediate accessibility.
Throat swabs and faeces outfits are supplied free on
application to the Public Health Department to all medical
practitioners practising in the Borough.
Ambulance Facilities.
The London County Council is responsible, under the
National Health Service Act, 1946, for the provision of ambulance
facilities within the administrative County of London.
Hospitals.
The following hospitals are situated in Hammersmith: —
Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, W.12.
Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital, Goldhawk Road,
W.6.
Royal Masonic Hospital, Ravenscourt Park, W.6.
West London Hospital, Hammersmith Road, W.6.
Hammersmith Hospital and West London Hospital are
designated as teaching hospitals, and together with St. Mark's
Hospital, Chelsea, are under the control of a joint board or
governors. The Royal Masonic Hospital is a private hospital
and Queen Charlotte's is a maternity hospital with its own board
of governors. It is one of the largest of its kind in the country.