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Dr. Bousfield, Medical Officer in charge of the Diphtheria
Immunisation Clinic, attends every week and is paid on a sessional
basis.
Laboratory facilities are provided at the Clinical Research
Association for the examination of sputum, swabs, etc., for the
detection of infectious disease.
An ambulance is kept at the fire station for all non-infectious
cases and is provided free of cost. Infectious cases are removed,
also free of cost, by the ambulance kept at the Joint Hospital
in Uxbridge. In case of emergency where the ambulance may
be out when required, reciprocal arrangements have been
made with all surrounding local authorities. There is thus
adequate provision in this respect.
The district nurse for the parish of Hayes resides at the Cottage
Hospital. Applications for her services are made to the Matron
of the Cottage Hospital, but no cases are undertaken by this
nurse unless a doctor is in attendance. A Queen's nurse lives
in Harlington to look after the sick of that parish.
Welfare clinics under the Middlesex County Council are held
at the Methodist Church Hall in Uxbridge Road, Townfield
Council School in Orchard Road, the Queen's Hall at Botwell,
and the Village Hall, Cherry Lane.
The Diphtheria Immunisation Clinic is referred to later.
Hospitals.—Hayes Cottage Hospital, 15 beds, and Harlington
Cottage Hospital, 14 beds, are subsidised by the Council
to the extent of a penny rate. Hillingdon County Hospital
is extensively used for cases arising in this district, and patients
are occasionally sent to the West Middlesex County Hospital
at Isleworth. The teaching hospitals in London are utilised
to a large extent for more serious cases.
SECTION C.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
Water.—Samples of water have been taken from each of
the three different supplies to this area, the Rickmansworth
and Uxbridge Valley Water Co., the South West Suburban
Water Co. and the Allied Building Corporation water supply.
These were examined by the Clinical Research Association Ltd.
and the reports showed that the supplies were bacteriologically
fit for drinking.
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