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Acton 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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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 917 necessitating 32,267 visits.
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 26.0 (28.6)
Trinity Way 2 sessions weekly 32.5 (32.7)
Cloister Road 2 sessions weekly 28.3 (25.8)
Steele Road 2 sessions weekly 31.2 (28.1)
Pierrepoint Road 4 sessions weekly 32.0 (28.3)
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 1,051
Between the ages of one and five 79