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Ordinary relief £5,514 2 10
Unemployed relief 1,071 16 9½
Total £6,585 19 7½
There is a decrease in both amounts, compared with 1923,
and a most marked decrease in the amount of unemployed relief.
HOSPITAL PROVISION.
General.-The Acton Hospital, Gunnersbury Lane, provides
for the treatment of medical and surgical cases of both sexes. It is
maintained chiefly by voluntary subscriptions, and the number
of beds is 50.
456 in-patients and 3952 out-patients' were treated in 1924.
Fever. The Isolation Hospital has accommodation for 80
patients.
Nursing Facilities.-As recorded in previous reports, in
addition to the various nursing associations in the district, there is
a district nurse resident in the general hospital, who is available for
the home nursing of patients who do not require the whole-time
services of a nurse, or who cannot afford the fees of a whole-time
nurse.
113 cases were visited by the district nurse in 1924, to whom
3,573 visits were paid,
Ambulance Service.—For accidents, an agreement was made
with the Chiswick Council for the use of the Chiswick ambulance.
The Acton Council paid for the use of the ambulance in respect of
street accidents where the ambulance was requisitioned by the police.
This agreement was terminated in August 1924, and an
arrangement was made with the Ealing Council for the use of the
latter's ambulance until the Acton Council obtained its own
ambulance. The new ambulance was purchased early in 1925, and
is housed in a garage adjoining the Fire Station.
For the removal of Infectious Cases, the Council has its own
ambulance, which is housed in the Isolation Hospital.
Births.—Table VII gives particulars of the births registered
and notified in the district, and the births registered outside the
district.
The total number of births belonging to the district was 1,158,
and the birth-rate was 18.4 per 1000 inhabitants, as compared with
18.6 in 1923, and 19.3 in 1922.