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GENERAL PROVISION 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.
WATER SUPPLY
An abundant supply of water is available in the district;
the Rickmansworth and Uxbridge Valley Water Company supply
the greater part of the district, while a small area at the Southern
extremity of the district is supplied by the South West Suburban
Water Company.
Thirty-three dwelling houses, representing 00.19% of the total
dwellings and population in the district, are supplied from standpipes
and a further two dwellings from wells; all other dwellings
have piped supplies from the Companies' mains.
Chemical and bacteriological examinations of the water have
been made by the Clinical Research Association, and the Public
Health Laboratory Service at Ealing. The number of samples
taken for bacteriological examination was as follows:
Rickmansworth and Uxbridge Valley Water Co. 11
South West Suburban Water Company 3
Private wells 8
Satisfactory results were obtained from all the samples from
public supplies indicating that the quality of the water in the
district from this source is consistently good. Two samples from
a well gave unsatisfactory results and appropriate action was taken.
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