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When these extensions have been completed the accommodation
of the isolation hospital will be increased to 140 beds and the new
cubicle block will provide such accommodation as is essential for the
efficient isolation and treatment of different diseases such as
enteric fever, cerebro-spinal fever, complicated cases of measles
and whooping cough, and for dealing with cross-infected cases.
2. Maternity Hospital.—A hospital of 22 beds is provided
for the use of residents of the Borough of Brentford and Chiswick
and of the Borough of Ealing and is managed by the Chiswick
and Ealing Hospitals Committee. The scheme for the extension
of the Isolation Hospital, previously mentioned, provides for the
amalgamation of the present Maternity Hospital with the adjoining
Isolation Hospital. Recommendations regarding the provision
of an entirely new maternity hospital of 42 beds on a site at Perivale
have been approved by the two Councils and detailed plans are
now in the course of preparation.
3. Smallpox Hospital.—The arrangements made for cases
of smallpox occurring in the Borough to be treated in the Smallpox
Hospitals maintained by the London County Council continue
in force. It was not necessary to take advantage of these
arrangements during the year.
4. Hospital Provision for Children.—There is a children's
ward at the King Edward Memorial Hospital containing 24 beds
to which children under five years of age can be admitted when
referred for in-patient treatment from the Health Centres. A
small children's ward of three beds is also provided at the Hanwell
Cottage Hospital.
5. Other Hospitals.—The King Edward Memorial Hospital,
a voluntary institution, has accommodation for a total of 130
patients, including the beds for children previously mentioned.
The Hanwell Cottage Hospital has accommodation for 16 patients.
The Middlesex County Council provide medical, surgical and
maternity hospital treatment for persons residing in the Borough
at the West Middlesex County Hospital, Isleworth.