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SECTION C
HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDED BY MIDDLESEX
COUNTY COUNCIL
AMBULANCE FACILITIES
The Middlesex County Council is responsible for this service.
NURSING IN THE HOME
This service is administered locally by the Middlesex County
Council.
The number of sick persons under care in Acton during the year
was 1,823 necessitating 28,968 visits.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE
1953 saw the opening of the new Pierrepoint Road Clinic in
premises acquired by the County Council at the juncture of
Creswick and Pierrepoint Roads, in the district formerly known
as Springfield Park. The house, "Manorlea", stands in grounds
of approximately seven-eighths of an acre, and its value as a
suitable site for ultimate development as a health centre was a
potent factor in the compulsory purchase of the property by the
Middlesex County Council.
A restricted adaptation of the premises was carried out to provide
for Child Welfare and Ante Natal Clinics, but it was not considered
expedient to equip yet another dental surgery. It was anticipated
that it might be possible to transfer one of the Ante Natal Relaxation
classes from Avenue Road to Pierrepoint Road, but up to:
the end of the year this was not found practicable, owing to:
difficulty in recruiting Health Visiting staff.
The new clinic soon became popular with the mothers, and'
sessions were diverted there from Cloister Road and Avenue Road
Clinics. Its situation also permitted ready access for mothers living
in the Ealing Common area, just across the western border oft
Acton, and by arrangement with Dr. Booth, the Joint Area:
Medical Officer, the district of one Health Visitor was extended toi
take in the roads stretching from the borough boundary to Hanger<
Lane.