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Tuberculosis Dispensary.—School Clinic on Tuesday at
5 p.m. and Thursday at 10.30 a.m.
Treatment Centres for Venereal Diseases.—Various
Hospitals in London.
The two. latter are provided by the Middlesex County
Council.
AMBULANCE FACILITIES.
(a)—For Infectious Cases.—A motor ambulance is housed
at the Fever Hospital for the conveyance of cases of infectious
disease to the Hospital.
(b)—For Accident and non-infectious Cases.—The
Council owns a separate ambulance for accident cases and for the
removal of cases of ordinary illness. The ambulance is housed
in a garage at the Fire Station and is available at all hours.
During the year the ambulance was called out to 279 street
accidents.
Although the ambulance was provided primarily for street
accidents, there is a considerable demand for its use in the
removal of cases of illness to or from hospitals, nursing homes,
etc. A charge is made for the hire of the ambulance in private
cases,, and last year fees amounting to £92 5s. were paid for the
use of the ambulance on 275 occasions.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
Water.—All the inhabited houses are supplied from the
mains of the Metropolitan Water Board. There are a few deep
wells in the district, but the water from these are used almost
entirely for industrial and similar purposes.
Drainage and Sewerage.—By arrangement with the
County Council the sewage ultimately discharges into the London
sewers and is treated at the London outfalls. Storm water is
filtered and emptied into the Thames at Chiswick.
Closet Accommodation.—There are no privy or earth
closets in the district, and all the water closets are connected with
the Council's drainage system.
Scavenging.—The collection of House Refuse is carried
out direct by the Council, and the whole of the refuse is burnt
in the Council's Refuse Destructor. Last year, 16,663 tons of
refuse were burnt.
PROFESSIONAL NURSING IN THE HOME.
General.—There are two district nurses employed by the
Acton Hospital, one of these is primarily engaged in district
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