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There is no Dispensary for Venereal Diseases in Ealing, but
medical practitioners may, under the scheme of the County Council,
refer cases for diagnosis and treatment to certain of the London
Hospitals, the nearest to this district being the West London
Hospital.
The Maternity and Child Welfare Centre and the School
Clinic, the former maintained by the Council and the latter by
the Education Committee, are conveniently situated in the same
building at 13, Mattock Lane, within a short distance of the Town
Hall and almost in the centre of the town. The arrangement of
these two branches of municipal public health activity in the same
building facilitates the work and favours co-ordination.
Hospitals Provided by the Local, Authority.— (1)
Maternity.—The Chiswick and Ealing Hospitals Committee maintains
a Maternity Hospital at South Ealing to meet the needs of
both districts. Each district contributes towards the cost in proportion
to its rateable value. The hospital is able to deal with
sixteen cases at a time, but can be readily adapted to accommodate
twenty-four cases should this increased accommodation be found
to be necessary.
(2) Children.—The King Edward Memorial Hospital, which
has a ward specially reserved for children, offers six beds to the
Council for the use of children under 5 years of age who require
indoor treatment. Cases requiring such treatment are referred
by the Medical Officer from the Child Welfare Centre.
(3) Fever.—The Isolation Hospital, which has 120 beds,
and which is maintained by the Chiswick and Ealing Hospitals
Committee for the benefit of both districts, provides isolation
facilities primarily for cases of scarlet fever, diphtheria and enteric
fever, but accommodation is also available for other infectious
diseases. The hospital is situated in South Ealing.
(4) Smallpox.—The Ealing Town Council possesses a separate
Smallpox Hospital, accommodating twelve patients, at Perivale,
just over the northern boundary of the district. A reception house
for isolating persons who have been in immediate contact with