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SECTION G
GENERAL 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 this Laboratory is also, together with
the Laboratory at the West London Hospital available to doctors for bacteriological
examinations, throat swabs, intestinal specimens etc.. The necessary
swabs and outfits for both Laboratories can be obtained on application
to the Public Health Department.
The West London Hospital is particularly useful in view of its central
position.
Ambulance' Facilities
The London County Council is responsible under the National Health Service
Act, 1946, for the provision of ambulance facilities throughout the
County.
Hospitals
The following Hospitals are situated in Hammersmith:-
Hammersmith Hospital Ducane 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 is the Headquarters of the Post-Graduate Medical
School of London and also includes the Medical Research Council's Linear
Accelerator and Cyclotron building in connection with cancer Research and
treatment. The Royal Masonic Hospital is one of the few remaining private
hospitals and Queen Charlotte's is a maternity hospital with its own Board
of Governors and is the largest independent maternity hospital in the
British Isles and has an average annual birth rate of between 2,400 and
3 000 babies of all nationalities
Hammersmitth Chest Clinic
All aspects of the tuberculosis problem are dealt with at this Clinic
which is housed at Hammersmith Hospital The administration of the Clinic is
by a sub-Committee of the Board of Governors of the Hammersmith, West London
and St. Mark's Hospitals The Clinic is closely linked With the Post
Graduate Medical School of London and takes pact in the teaching of post
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