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Ante-Natal Consultation Centre.—School Clinic every
and and 4th Wednesday.
Day Nursery.—169, Bollo Bridge Road.
School Clinic.—45, Avenue Road.
(The above are provided and maintained by the Borough
Council).
Tuberculosis Dispensary.—School Clinic on Tuesdays at
5 p.m. and Thursdays at 10.30 p.m.
Treatment Centres for Venereal Diseases.—Various
Hospitals in London.
(The two latter are provided by the Middlesex County
Council).
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
These have been noted in previous reports. All the inhabited
bouses are supplied from the mains of the Metropolitan Water
Board. A few industrial works and the Public Baths obtain their
water supply from deep wells.
By arrangement with the London County Council the sewerage
is discharged into the London Sewers. Storm water is filtered
and emptied into the Thames. All the inhabited houses are provided
with water closets and are drained into the main sewerage system.
The house refuse is collected by the Council and burnt in the
Destructor. Last year 19,457 tons of house refuse were collected
and burnt .
PROFESSIONAL NURSING IN THE HOME.
General.—There are two district nurses employed by the
Acton Hospital, who visits the homes of both the poor and those
who are able to pay.
There are also nursing associations which provide nurses
for different classes of cases.
Midwives.—The Supervising Authority under the Midwives
Act is the Middlesex County Council and from the County Council
1 understand that there are 20 certified midwives practising in the
Borough.