Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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Section 47.
This section deals with securing the necessary care
and attention for persons who
(a) are suffering from grave chronic disease or being
aged, infirm or physically incapacitated, are living
in insanitary conditions, and
(b) are unable to devote to themselves, and are not
receiving from other persons, proper care and
attention
During the year under review it was not found necessary
to take formal action under this section
Fourteen cases however, involving six males and ten
females, were dealt with by informal action thereby
bringing about the necessary improvement in their
condition
HOSPITAL FACILITES
General Hospital Facilities.
Edgware General Hospital.
Hendon District Hospital.
Infectious Disease Cases - Hospital Accommodation
Hendon Isolation Hospital.
Neasden Isolation Hospital, Willesden.
Any other Infectious Disease Hospital controlled
by the North-Western Metropolitan Regional
Hospital Board.
Tuberculosis Treatment and Hospital Accommodation
Edgware General Hospital
Hendon Isolation Hospital
Admissions are also arranged through the
Regional Hospital Board to the Regional
Chest Hospitals, particularly Colindale
and Clare Hall Hospitals.
There is also a Chest Clinic at Edgware serving
primarily those living in the Borough of Hendon and the
Stanmore, Queensbury and Kingsbury districts of Harrow
and Wembley.
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