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SECTION G
CENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN
THE BOROUGH.
Laboratory Facilities.
Our Public Analyst works at the Southwark Borough
Council's Laboratory situated at The Health Centre, Walworth
Road, S.E.
Bacteriological examination of food 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 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 of
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, perhaps, the best known of its kind in the
country.
Hammersmith Chest Clinic.
The Hammersmith Chest Clinic continued to function during
the year.