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Ambulance Facilities.
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to as managing the Maternity Hospital. There are
120 beds available for cases from Ealing and Chiswick
and accommodation is provided for Scarlet Fever,
Diphtheria, Enteric Fever and any other infectious
disease, which in the opinion of the Medical Superintendent
it may be possible to deal with. The Hospital
is situated within Ealing on the southern boundary
and within a few minutes walk of South Ealing Road.
(5) Small Pox—The Ealing Council maintains
a Small-pox Hospital at Perivale just outside the
northern boundary. Accommodation is provided for
twelve patients. A Reception House for dealing with
persons who have been in contact with cases of smallpox
is situated about half a mile from the Small-pox
Hospital, on the grounds of the Northern Sewage
Works and within the Ealing boundary. This consists
of two wards, which can accommodate two families
or eight persons.
Institutional Provision for unmarried Mothers
and Illegitimate Infants.—In November, 1921,
the Swallows Hostel for Unmarried Mothers, which
was maintained by the Council, and in which eleven
mothers and their babies were accommodated, was
closed on grounds of economy.
Ambulance Facilities.—(a) For infectious cases
the Chiswick and EalingHospitals Committee provides
two horse ambulances.
(b) For non-infectious and accident cases the Ealing
Council maintains two motor ambulances. The one
is the property of the Council and the other is lent
by the Ambulance Committee of the County of Middlesex
Division of the British. Red P-oss Society.