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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 in the Health Centre, Walworth Road, S.E.
Bacteriological examination of food is carried out by the
Public Health Laboratory Service, County Hall. S.E.I, and this
Laboratory, together with the Laboratory at West London Hospital
is also 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 PostGraduate
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 birth rate of between 2,400
and 3,000 babies of all nationalities.
Hammersmith 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 part in the teaching of post-graduate students.
Management of the Clinic is under the direct supervision of a
Consultant Chest Physician, who is also a lecturer in tuberculosis
on the staff of the Post-Graduate Medical School.
The Clinic, its associated independent radiography department
and 27 beds are housed in the same building and are run as an