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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Acton 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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The following Table gives the types, and number, of specimens submitted for examination.
| Type | No. of specimens examined | |
|---|---|---|
| Throat and Nose swabs | 307 | |
| Sputum for T.B. | 17 | |
| Faeces | 54 | |
| Methylene Blue Reductase Tests on Milk and Ice-Cream | 216 | |
Ambulance Facilities.
The Middlesex County Council are now responsible for this
service.
Nursing in the Home.
This service has been taken over and is administered locally
by the Middlesex County Council.
The number of sick persons under care in Acton during the
year was 564, necessitating 20,186 visits.
Hospital Provisions.
The Regional Hospital Boards of the N.W. Metropolitan Area
which includes Acton is responsible for hospital treatment of the
sick. The most difficult cases for which to obtain treatment are
old persons,, or chronic sick who become acutely ill or who are in
the terminal stage of, their illness. These types of cases need continuous
care and treatment, and this cannot be given in the home.
National Assistance Act, 1948.
No cases have been dealt with under Section 47 of the National
Assistance Act, 1948, but in those cases which have come to our
notice it has been possible, by co-operating with the local hospital,
to arrange for these persons to be admitted.
The Borough of Acton carries out its obligations under Section
50 of this Act.