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SECTION B
GENERAL PROVISIONS OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE
AREA
(a) Hospitals.
Hayes Cottage Hospital, Grange Road, Hayes.
Harlington Cottage Hospital, Sipson Lane, Harlington.
Hillingdon Hospital, near Uxbridge,
St. John's Hospital, Uxbridge, for Infectious Diseases.
Joyce Green Hospital, Dartford, for cases of Smallpox.
(b) Ambulance Service.
Motor ambulances are provided by the Middlesex County
Council for the conveyance of all cases to hospital.
(c) Tuberculosis.
Provision is made by the Middlesex County Council for treating
cases of tuberculosis at South Mimms Hospital, Harefield
Hospital, and other places. The Chest Clinic is situated at the
Local County Offices, High Street, Uxbridge.
(d) Child Welfare Clinics, etc.
The Middlesex County Council also administers the numerous
Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics in the district. These
are open frequently and are at the disposal of all residents free
of cost.
SECTION C
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA
Water.
The Rickmansworth and Uxbridge Valley Water Company
supplies the greater part of the water in the district, the remainder
coming from the South West Suburban Water Company.
Chemical and bacteriological examinations of the water have
been made by the Clinical Research Association and the Public
Health Laboratory Service at Ealing and Reading. The number
of samples taken was as follows:—
Rickmansworth and Uxbridge Valley Water Co. 6
South West Suburban Water Company 16
(3 by this authority, 13 by others)
Private wells 3
Examination of these samples showed them to be safe for
drinking purposes.
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