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Dwelling houses have been erected in the north-eastern and northwestern
portions of the district, but factories have been erected
in the northern part.
POOR RELIEF.
I am indebted to Mr. Harmsworth, the Clerk of the
Guardians, for the figures relating to Poor Law Relief.
The amount of out-of-door relief given by the Guardians
for the parish of Acton in the year ended December 31st, 1926
was:—
£ s. d.
Ordinary Relief 6127 14 3
Relief to Unemployed 1578 0 6
£7705 14 9
There has been a considerable decrease in the amount of
ordinary relief granted, but a rise in the amount of unemployment
relief. The increase in the latter was due to the General Strike
last year.
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. Last year 1163 in-patients and 5590 outpatients
were treated at the Hospital.
Thirty-three deaths of Acton residents occurred in the
Acton Hospital last year, compared with 37 deaths in the
voluntary hospitals of London.
Fever.—The Council has its own fever hospital, which has
accommodation for 80 patients.
Smalt-pox.—The Borough is one of the constituent bodies
which form the Middlesex Joint Small-pox Board. The Board
owns Clare Hall Sanatorium which can be utilized in case of
epidemics. The Joint Board has an arrangement with the
Metropolitan Asylums Board for the treatment of occasional cases
of Small-pox.
Tuberculosis.-—The tuberculosis scheme is administered by
the Middlesex County Council, which has Sanatoria at South
Minims and Harefield.