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Hospitals.
The Uxbridge Cottage Hospital, containing 12 beds, serves for any suitable
cases in the Uxbridge Rural district, and during the year, several cases have been
admitted from Harefield, West Drayton, Hillingdon, and Hillingdon Heath. A
private ward is now obtainable for one patient.
For infectious cases, there is the Joint Hospital, Kingston J.ane, Uxbridge,
where there is adequate accommodation for the reception and treatment of cases of
Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria.
The Small Pox Hospital at Yeading is available in case of need.
The Uxbridge Poor Law Institution at Hillingdon, has, during the year, to some
extent served as a General Hospital. Patients suffering from Influenzal Pneumonia,
other acute illnesses, and many cases of accident (broken limbs, etc.) have been
treated there.
Maternity and Child Welfare Work.
During the year " Centres " have been opened at Yiewsley and Harefield, and
another Centre is being planned for the Hillingdon and Hillingdon Heath districts.
These Centres are some of the 13 being opened in the County, by the Middlesex County
Council. Weekly or fortnightly, these Centres open early in the afternoon, so that the
mothers can bring their children (up to the age of 5) to the Medical Officers for free
advice as to the welfare of their children, mainly as regards their feeding. Other
defects, if present, are pointed out. and they are referred to their own doctor for
treatment. It is not often that they take this advice, and I should like to see a note
sent with them to their private doctor, and observation made as to whether they have
been or not, on their next visit to the Centre. Failing this, the defect should be
remedied, if possible at the Centre. There are three Health Visitors working in the
Uxbridge Rural District, namely, Nurse Ward, for Hillingdon, Cowley, and West
Drayton ; Nurse Davison for Harefield area and Nurse Hands, for Ickenham and
Northolt. You will notice that Yiewsley and Uxbridge are not situated in the Uxbridge
Rural District, but mothers can take their children to any centre that is convenient.
For instance, in practice the Yiewsley Centre serves for Cowley Peachey and
West Drayton. In cases of need, free, half-price, or cost price milk (or dried milk)
can be obtained through these centres on the advice of the Medical Officer in
charge of the Centre. Some difficulty arises in obtaining exact evidence of the money
that comes into the home, and abuse will probably arise in a few cases, unless
carefully guarded against. All Birth Notifications received by me, are copied out
and sent weekly to the Medical Officer of Health for the county, and the Health Visitor
receives a copy of the births weekly.
Schools Medical Inspection and Clinics.
There are three serving the district, namely : Whitehall Council School, Uxbridge,
Tuesdays at 9.30 ; Providence Road School, Yiewsley, on Fridays at 9.30 ; and