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GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AREA.
Hospitals.
Hayes Cottage Hospital, Grange Road, Hayes,
Harlington Cottage Hospital, Sipson Lane, Harlington, for
maternity cases.
Hillingdon Hospital, near Uxbridge.
St. John's Hospital, Uxbridge, for infectious diseases.
Joyce Green Hospital, Dartford, for cases of smallpox.
Ambulance Service.
Motor ambulances are provided by the Middlesex County
Council. One of these is garaged at Hayes and others are available
from Hillingdon Hospital.
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.
Fewer cases of pulmonary tuberculosis occurred in 1954 than
in 1953 ; the number of non-pulmonary cases was the same.
Child Welfare Clinics, etc.
There are numerous Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics in
the district; these are administered by the Middlesex County Council
and the services provided are available free of charge. Sessions are
held regularly in clinic buildings and certain church halls ; the
mobile clinic now visits three districts in the area which are a long
way from established clinics.
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
DISEASES
The incidence of infectious diseases in the district is analysed
in the following table. The numbers are small, and centre largely
on the younger school population, as one might expect.
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