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SECTION G
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN THE
BOROUGH
Laboratory Facilities.
Our Public Analyst works at the Southwark Borough Councils'
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.1, 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.
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.
Queen Charlotte's is a maternity hospital with its own Board of
Governors, and is the largest independent maternity hospital in the
British Isles. It 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 adminstration
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