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GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES
FOR THE AREA.
Hospitals Provided or Subsidised by the Local
Authority or by the County Council
(1) Fever.—The Chiswick and Ealing Hospitals Committee
provide for the isolation of cases of infectious disease from Ealing
and Chiswick in the Joint Isolation Hospital. The accommodation
under ordinary circumstances is sufficient for the districts, but
during periods of epidemic prevalence the hospital would not be
able to cope with all cases of scarlet fever. This is not a very
serious matter because the isolation of mild cases of scarlet fever,
which has now a very low death-rate, is not called for in the same
way as it was in the past. It would be impracticable to isolate all
cases of scarlet fever when the disease is epidemic and it has already
been decided by the Committee to isolate under these circumstances
only serious cases or those which cannot be properly nursed at home
on account of bad housing conditions. The Isolation Hospital
is situated in a very convenient position at South Ealing, where
it is readily accessible from the whole of the area served,
(2) Small-pox.—The Small-pox Hospital is situated at North
Ealing in an isolated position with plenty of enclosed land for
extension. The buildings consist of an Administration Block and
a Block of two wards with 5 beds in each.
(3) Tuberculosis.—There are no hospitals for tuberculosis in the
district. The Middlesex County Council makes provision for
cases at Clare Hall Sanatorium and Harefield Sanatorium.
(4) Maternity.—The Chiswick and Ealing Hospitals Committee
maintain a Maternity Hospital of 22 beds for the districts of Chiswick
and Ealing. The Hospital is situated at South Ealing, across the
road from the Isolation Hospital.
(5) Children.—The King Edward Memorial Hospital possesses
a Children's Ward of 12 beds, six of which can be requisitioned by
the Council should occasion arise. At the Hanwell Cottage
Hospital there is a Children's Ward of three beds, to which can be
admitted children from the Hanwell area.