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in the condition dealt with under the Council scheme, and the relief
is greatly welcomed by patients and relatives. It is certain that
in some cases relatives would be unable to cope with these incontinent
old people and removal to hospital would be necessary. I
give below details of the cases dealt with during 1957.
Number of cases dealt with 44
Number of cases died 11
Number of cases removed to hospital 15
Number of cases where other arrangements made 1
Number of collections 737
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 937 necessitating 34,246 visits.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE
In October the five weekly Child Welfare sessions at Avenue
Road were reduced to four by reason of the shortage of Health
Visiting staff and the two ante-natal sessions at this clinic were
also compressed into a single weekly session.
CHILD WELFARE CLINICS
The average attendances per session for the five Child Welfare
Clinics are given below, last year's figures being shown in brackets.
Avenue Road 4 sessions weekly 26.3 (23.6)
Trinity Way 2 sessions weekly 34.3 (38.3)
Cloister Road 2 sessions weekly 26.6 (27.5)
Steele Road 2 sessions weekly 26.3 (27.4)
Pierrepoint Road 3 sessions weekly 32.9 (32.5)