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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 963 necessitating 29,011 visits.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE
The usual services were carried on throughout the year, six
clinics now serving the area. A slight increase in the number of
attendances of children under 5 years of age and a considerable
rise in the number of visits paid by Health Visitors to homes will
be noted.
CHILD WELFARE CLINICS
The average attendances per session for the six Child Welfare
Clinics are given below, last year's figures being shown in brackets.
Avenue Road 3 sessions weekly 27.3 (24.2)
Trinity Way 2 sessions weekly 37.4 (37.7)
Cloister Road 2 sessions weekly 27.0 (28.0)
Palmerston Road 2 sessions weekly 30.2 (28.7)
Steele Road 2 sessions weekly 28.2 (27.5)
Pierrepoint Road 3 sessions weekly 32.8 (34.9)
Total number of children who first attended the clinics during the
year, and who, on the date of their first attendance were:
Under one year of age 906
Between the ages of one and five 83