Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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formed the Middlesex Joint Small-Pox Board. Under the Provisional
Order Confirmation Act of 1929, the Joint Board was
dissolved from the 1st April, 1929, and the duties of the Board
transferred to the Middlesex County Council.
Tuberculosis. The Tuberculosis scheme is administered
by the Middlesex County Council which has sanatoria at Clare Hall
and Harefield.
Child Welfare Consultation Centres.
(a)—47, Avenue Road—Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday afternoons at 2 p.m.
(b)—Noel Road—Every Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m.
(c)—East Acton—Every Monday afternoon at 2 p.m.
(d)—Steele Road—Every Tuesday afternoon at 2 p.m.
Ante-Natal Consultation Centre.—School Clinic every Wednesday.
Day Nursery.—169, Bollo Bridge Road.
School Clinic.--45, Avenue Road.
(The above are provided and maintained by the Borough
Council).
Tuberculosis Dispensary.—Green Man Passage, Ealing, W.13,
on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 10.30 a.m.
Mondays at 2 p.m., 1st and 3rd Tuesdays in month at 6 p.m.
Treatment Centres for Venereal Diseases.—Various Hospitals
in London.
(The two latter are provided by the Middlesex County
Council).
PROFESSIONAL NURSING IN THE HOME.
General.—There are two district nurses employed by the
Acton Hospital, who visit 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.