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(6) Provision for Orthopaedic Treatment.—A scheme is in
operation by which, in conjunction with the Royal National
Orthopaedic Hospital, children from birth to school-leaving age
can receive proper treatment. At the Mattock Lane Health Centre
the children are seen by the Surgeon, who gives advice as to the
treatment which is required, whether operative or massage treatment.
If operative treatment is called for the child is admitted
to the National Orthopaedic Hospital at Stanmore, and if massage
and manipulative treatment, or special physical exercises, are
required they are given at Mattock Lane Health Centre.
So great has been the demand for this form of treatment, not
because of the large number of crippled children in the district but
because the parents are taking full advantage of the scheme, that
steps have had to be taken to erect a special building to accommodate
this work at the Mattock Lane Health Centre. This extension will, of
course, serve for other purposes, but its erection was called for
primarily owing to the need for further accommodation for orthopaedic
treatment.
(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. There is also the Hanwell Cottage Hospital,
which has twelve beds.
The West Middlesex Hospital, situated at Isleworth, is the
Poor Law Hospital for the area of which Ealing forms a part. The
control of this hospital was transferred on the 1st April, 1930,
under the Local Government Act, 1929, from the Brentford Board
of Guardians to the Middlesex County Council.
Ambulance Facilities.
(1) For Cases of Infectious Disease.—The Chiswick and Ealing
Hospitals Committee maintain a motor ambulance for the purpose
of removing cases of infectious disease to the Hospital from their
homes in the Borough of Ealing and in the Urban District of
Brentford and Chiswick.