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SECTION B
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES
IN THE AREA
LABORATORY FACILITIES
These continue as in previous years. The Ministry of Health
Emergency Medical Service provides a Pathological Service at the
King Edward VII Memorial Hospital Laboratory at Ealing.
The following Table gives the types, and number, of specimens
submitted for examination.
No. of specimens
Type examined
Throat and Nose Swabs 138
Urine 6
Sputum 3
Faeces 167
Hair, Widals, etc. 4
Milk 53
Milk Bottles 22
Water 41
Ice-Cream 97
Cream 1
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 terminal stage of their illness. These types of cases need continuous
care and treatment, and it is just these requirements which
cannot be met in the home,