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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Ealing 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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Ambulance Facilities.
(1) For Cases of Infectious Disease.— The ChiswicK ana
Ealing Hospitals Committee provide a motor ambulance in which
cases of infectious disease are removed from the Borough of Ealing
and the Urban District of Brentford and Chiswick to the Isolation
Hospital.
(2) Non-Infectious and Accident Cases.— The Town Council
has two ambulances for the conveyance of accident and noninfectious
cases of illness to Hospitals or Nursing Homes. Journeys
within the Borough are made free of charge, those outside are
charged a fee of one guinea. During the year the ambulances were
called out on 1,618 occasions, 520 calls being for cases of accidents
and 1,098 for cases of illness. The number of journeys made
outside the Borough was 253, and the total number of miles travelled
was 8,379.
Clinics and Treatment Centres.
| Name | Address | Provided by |
|---|---|---|
| Health Centre | 13, Mattock Lane, Ealing. | Ealing Town Council |
| Health Centre | Cherington House, Hanwell. | Ealing Town Council |
| Health Centre (temporary) (School Children) | Betham's School, Greenford. | Ealing Town Council |
| Health Centre (temporary) (Mothers and Children under school age) | Aberdeen House, Greenford. | Ealing Town Council |
| Health Centre (temporary) (Mothers and Children under school age) | Memorial Hall, Northolt. | Ealing Town Council |
| Orthopaedic Clinic | 13, Mattock Lane, Ealing. | Ealing Town Council |
| Day Nursery | Uxbridge Road, Hanwell. | Ealing Town Council |
| Tuberculosis Dispensary | Green Man Lane, West Ealing. | Middlesex County Council. |
| Treatment Centres for | Certain Hospitals | Middlesex County |
| Venereal Disease | in London. | Council. |