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Northfields - 71 Northcroft Road, Ealing, W.13.
Perivale - Horsenden Lane South, Perivale,
Greenford.
Almshouses.
St Mary's Almshouses, Church Gardens., Ealing, W. 5.
old People's Home.
Greater Ealing Old People's Home, Northolt House.
Haydock Avenue, Northolt.
Private Surgeries.
120 Uxbridge Road, Hanwell, W.7.
234 Northfield Avenue, West Ealing, W.13.
25b Church Road, Hanwell, W.7.
129a Greenford Avenue, Hanwell. W. 7.
49 Little Ealing Lane, Ealing, W. 5.
In addition, treatment is given in their homes to
housebound patients There is a considerable demand for
this service but it has been possible to avoid a waiting
list.
The charge to the patient is 2/6d. for attention to
both feet where necessary.
The total attendances were as follows:-
Total number of individual patients 463
Total number of treatments 2,778
Number of patients receiving
domiciliary treatmen180
Number of domiciliary treatments 1,080
In April of this year the Minister of Health announced
that he was now prepared to approve proposals by Local
Health Authorities who wished to establish, or where one
already existed, to extend a Chiropody Service as part of
their arrangements for the prevention of illness under
Section 28 of the National Health Services Act. It was
suggested that in the early stages priority should be
given to the elderly, physically handicapped and expectant
mothers.
While of course welcoming any extension of Chiropody
for old people in Ealing it is to be hoped that this
County wide provision of Chiropody will not, in practice,
mean a levelling down resulting in a reduction of the
service in Ealing to make it conform to a general pattern.
In addition, it is particularly to be hoped that there
will be no increase in the small charge that we have
striven to maintain.