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Fæces:
Shigella -
Salmonella 3
Protozoa —
Negative 8
Total 11
Sputum:
T.B. Smear 297
Other Organisms -
Negative 1,098
Total 1,395
Pertussis:
Cough Plate -
Post-nasal Swab 4
Negative 13
Total 17
Milk:
Pasteurised 81
Other 1
Ice Cream 8
Water:
Domestic Supplies, etc. -
Swimming Pools 137
Miscellaneous 25
Total 2,954
AMBULANCE SERVICE
The Ambulance Service of the authority was transferred to the control of the Middlesex County Council
on July 5th, 1948, in accordance with the provisions of the National Health Service Act, 1946. The ambulances
(five for sickness, accident and maternity cases and one for infectious diseases), which operated from the Willesden
Isolation Hospital, are now stationed at the Fire Station, Pound Lane, Willesden, N.W. 10, under the management
of the Fire Brigade Officer.
The service is now free of charge and is available for the removal of patients from places within the county
to places outside. Sitting-case cars are also provided. The Ambulance Officer is entitled to satisfy himself in
each case that there is need for transport.
Calls in respect of the use of the ambulance are made via the following telephone numbers:
WILlesden 2222 GLAdstone 2222
WILlesden 2223 ELGar 2222
LADbroke 2224
HOSPITAL SERVICE
The following hospitals and clinics come within the control of the Central Middlesex Hospital
Management Committee:
No. of Beds No. of Beds
Hospitals: in Hospital in Group
Central Middlesex County Hospital, Park Royal, N.W. 10 1,098
Central Middlesex Hospital Maternity Annexe, Acton 18
Willesden General Hospital, Harlesden Road, N.W. 10 106
Acton Hospital, Gunnersbury Lane, Acton 81
St. Monica's Home, N.W.6 26
Willesden Maternity Home, Honeypot Lane, N.W.9 56
Neasden Hospital, Brentfield Road, N.W.10 200
1,585
Clinics:
Tavistock Clinic, Beaumont Street, W.l.
T.B. Dispensary, Willesden, N.W. 10.
St. Andrew's Hospital, Dollis Hill (103 beds), was disclaimed by the Minister of Health, and therefore
remains an independent hospital outside the jurisdiction of the Central Middlesex Hospital Management
Committee and the North-West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board.
There is still need for further hospital provision in the area. The Ministry of Health Hospital Survey,
1945, after referring to the need for the modernisation and extension of the Neasden Hospital, said: " For
fully adequate hospital service further acute and maternity beds are required, and it may well be desirable to
develop Willesden General (200 beds), St. Andrew's (200 beds), Wembley (150 beds), and if land can be
obtained, Acton (150 beds), as branch sub-district hospitals. Further acute and chronic beds will be required
at Central Middlesex (including some to replace unsatisfactory existing accommodation) and a few maternity
beds which may be provided there or at the Willesden Maternity Annexe as may be convenient."