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the end of the year 46 mothers had received advice. The mothers
who are referred to the Clinic are naturally limited in number but
the provision of this service is of great importance as it must be
realised that each woman attending the Clinic has been specially
recommended by a Medical Officer as being in need of advice on
the subject on grounds of health.
HOSPITALS.
1. Isolation Hospital.—Hospital accommodation for the
treatment of cases of infectious disease, other than smallpox, is
provided at the Chiswick and Ealing Isolation Hospital, which
is situated on the southern borders of the Borough. For some
years the accommodation of this hospital has been quite incapable
of providing for the ever increasing needs of the Boroughs of Ealing
and of Brentford and Chiswick, which in 1921 combined for the
provision of this hospital service for both districts. Three years
ago the extension of the hospital was proposed by the Hospitals
Committee but the matter had to be held in abeyance on account
of the serious financial position at the time. Towards the end of
1933, however, the necessity for the extension of the hospital
became so pressing that the matter was brought forward again
and a definite scheme for the extension of the hospitals was put
forward by the Hospitals Committee. The recommendations
of the Hospitals Committee (see Appendix to Medical Superintendent's
Report) were ultimately approved by the two Councils
concerned. These recommendations set out clearly the extent
of the proposed extensions :—
(1) That the Isolation and Maternity Hospitals be
amalgamated to form an enlarged Isolation
Hospital.
(2) That a Diphtheria Block of 22 beds be erected at
an estimated cost of £7,360.
(3) That a Cubicle Block of 12 beds be erected at an
estimated cost of £4,560.
(4) That extensions to the Administrative Block,
Laundry, etc., of the Isolation Hospital be carried
out at an estimated cost of £7,000.
(5) That a new Maternity Hospital be erected on a site
in Ealing at an estimated cost of £35,000.