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mentioned 94 beds for the treatment of medical and surgical
patients. Twelve beds are also available at the Hanwell Cottage
Hospital.
The West Middlesex County Hospital, under the control of
the Middlesex County Council and situated at Isleworth, provides
medical and surgical assistance for persons coming under the
Poor Law in the southern section of Middlesex of which Ealing
forms a part. This hospital is thoroughly equipped in every way,
having been extensively modernised in recent years, and renders
available treatment of the highest order for patients coming within
its province.
AMBULANCE FACILITIES.
1. For Cases of Infectious Disease.—The Chiswick and
Ealing Hospitals Committee maintain a motor ambulance for
removing cases of infectious disease to the Isolation Hospital from
the Boroughs of Ealing and of Brentford and Chiswick.
2. For Non¬Infectious and Accident Cases.—The Town
Council have three motor ambulances for the purpose of conveying
cases, other than those of infectious disease, to hospitals and
nursing homes within the Borough or in the London area. No
charge is made for runs within the Borough. Charges ranging
from 7s. 6d. to one guinea are made if the ambulance has to go
outside the Borough. The service is one which is in operation
both during the day and the night with a double service available
between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. when most calls are made for the use
of the ambulances. The demands on the ambulance service are
extending every year as is shown in the following table, which
indicates that in five years the number of cases conveyed has
increased from 1,169 to 2,033, while the number of miles travelled
has increased from 6,329 to 13,626.