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Ruislip-Northwood 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ruislip]

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Miss O. H. Hutchinson, s.r.n., s.c.m.,
287, Victoria Road, Ruislip Manor. Telephone: Ruislip
5151.
HOME NURSING
The District Nursing Associations no longer function and under
the National Health Service Act, 1946, their work has been taken over
by the County Council.
The following Home Nursing Sisters cover the Ruislip-Northwood
district:—
Miss E. M. Pool, s.r.n., s.c.m.,
6, Cheyne Court, High Street, Ruislip. Telephone:
Ruislip 3480.
Miss E. Bright, s.r.n.,
Flat 4, Sunnyside, Joel Street, Eastcote. Telephone:
Pinner 2274.
Miss E. Davies, s.r.n.,
35, Meadow Way, Eastcote. Telephone: Pinner 3407.
Miss M. Prior, s.r.n., s.c.m.,
7, Hawthorne Court, Northwood Hills. Telephone:
Northwood 1544.
PRIVATE MIDWIVES AND PRIVATE MATERNITY
NURSING HOMES
The names and addresses of private midwives and private
maternity nursing homes can be supplied on application to this
office.
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION
Provision for immunisation is made under the National Health
Service Act, 1946, and is the responsibility of the County Council.
Existing arrangements continued in 1950, however, and I held
regular sessions at Northwood, Ruislip Manor and Eastcote House
Clinics, during which the following immunisations were undertaken:—
Under 5 years 5-14 years
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In addition 59 children received a "boost" injection.
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