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SECTION B.
Laboratory Facilities.
At the laboratory in the Town Hall examinations of cultures are
carried out for the presence of Corynebacterium diphtheriae and
sputa are examined for the presence of Tubercle Bacilli. Other
specimens requiring examination are sent to the Emergency Medical
Service Laboratory at Ealing.
Ambulance Facilities.
The Acton and Wembley Joint Hospital Committee possesses
an Ambulance for the removal of infectious cases from the Acton
and Wembley areas.
Two ambulances are maintained at the Fire Station for accident
and non-infectious cases.
Nursing in the Home.
The same arrangements are in existence as in previous years
and during the year three hundred and four sick persons were nursed
and 10,798 visits made.
Hospital Provision.
The Isolation Hospital is now managed by the Acton and
Wembley Joint Hospital Committee.
The Acton Voluntary Hospital is still admitting cases.
Maternity and Child Welfare.
The attendances at both the child welfare and ante natal clinics
are well maintained.
The National Milk Scheme has now been in operation for a year
and by this arrangement every child under five can receive a pint of
fresh milk each day. In certain circumstances on the recommendation
of the Doctor or Medical Officer of a Welfare Clinic, the child
may receive National Dried Milk in place of fresh milk. There are
two grades of National Dried Milk—full cream and half cream, both
of which are suitable for children under one year of age. The amount
of proprietary dried milk sold by the Maternity and Child Welfare
Department to Mothers, was 8,131 lbs. One would have expected
that this sale of milk would have dropped in the advent of the
National Milk Scheme, but for some reason, which at present it is
very difficult to explain, the drop has not been so much as was at