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HOSPITAL PROVISION
The Regional Hospital Board 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 teminal stage of their illness. These types of cases need continuous
care and treatment, and these 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 carried out its obligations under Section
50 of this act.
MASS X-RAY
The North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board Mass
X-ray Unit visited Acton from the 30th July to 19th October, 1951.
This period was interrupted by one or two short visits elsewhere.
X-ray examinations were confined to:
(i) people under 35 years of age.
(ii) people over 35 years of age not previously X-rayed.
The facilities of the Unit were not available to children under 14
years of age.
Most of the period was given to group appointments from factories
and other establishments, but on three days open sessions
were held for the public to attend without an appointment.