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made to meet future needs should it become necessary to build
another ward.
(5) Hospital Provision for Children.—At the King Edward
Hospital there is a Children's Ward of 12 beds, where children
under five years of age can be referred for treatment from the
Health Centres. There is also a small Children's Ward of three
beds at the Hanwell Cottage Hospital.
(6) Provision for Orthopaedic Treatment.—Arrangements have
been made with the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital by which
crippled children from birth to school leaving age can receive
treatment. After being seen at the Health Centre at Mattock
Lane they are, if necessary, admitted to the Orthopaedic Hospital
at Stanmore. Massage and manipulative treatment are provided
at the Health Centre.
(7) Other Hospitals.—To meet the general medical and surgical
needs of the Borough there is the King Edward Memorial Hospital,
situated at Mattock Lane, which has 94 beds, including eight
private wards of one bed each, in addition to the Children's Ward
already mentioned, and the Hanwell Cottage Hospital, which
consists of 12 beds. The West Middlesex Hospital, situated at
Isleworth, is the Poor Law Hospital of the Brentford Board of
Guardians, of whose area Ealing forms a part.
In the Annual Report for 1927 remarks were made regarding
the need for co-operation between voluntary and Poor Law Hospitals.
These remarks still hold good, though they need not be
repeated.
The Local Government Act, which has recently been passed
and which transfers the management of the Poor Law Hospitals
to the County Councils and County Borough Councils, makes
provision for certain steps to be taken to secure co-operation
between all Hospitals for the treatment of surgical and medical
cases. It is hoped that the scheme put forward by the Middlesex
County Council will secure such a measure of co-operation between
the Voluntary and the Poor Law Hospitals serving this area as
will enable them to cope more adequately with the needs of the
people.