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GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH
SERVICES FOR THE AREA.
HOSPITALS PROVIDED OR SUBSIDISED BY THE LOCAL
AUTHORITY OR BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL.
a. (1) Fever.
The two Isolation Hospitals in the District were described in
the Annual Report for 1934.
(2) Smallpox.
The Middlesex County Council is the authority for the provision
of smallpox hospital accommodation for the whole of the administrative
county. By agreement with the London County Council
cases of smallpox occurring in the County of Middlesex are removed
to the River Hospitals.
b. Tuberculosis.
The Middlesex County Council is the authority by whom
arrangements are made for the treatment of those in the County
suffering from tuberculosis. The County Council possesses twosanatoria.
That at Harefield contains 150 male, 150 female and
60 children's beds for pulmonary sanatorium cases, and 4 male,.
4 female and 10 children's beds for observation pulmonary cases.
Clare Hall Sanatorium, for late sanatorium cases, contains 120 male
and 60 female beds. Six beds are reserved at the Victoria Home,
Margate, for non-pulmonary cases amongst children. In addition,
there are 102 beds available in the hospitals or institutions of the
County Council,92 for pulmonary disease in adults and 2 for children,
and 4 for non-pulmonary disease in adults and 4 for children.
Those for whom institutional accommodation is required and
who cannot be accommodated at the County institutions are
admitted to sanatoria or hospitals belonging to other local authorities
or to voluntary organisations where the cost of their maintenance
is met by the County Council.
The County Council have decided to provide free institutional
treatment for persons suffering from tuberculosis, whether dealt
with in sanatoria or in the County Council's general hospitals.
HOSPITALS FOR GENERAL CASES.
(1) Hospitals for Medical and Surgical Cases.
The two hospitals most used by the local inhabitants are the
Harrow and Wealdstone Hospital, and the Redhill County Hospital.
For particulars of the in-patient accommodation of these institutions
see the Annual Report for the year 1935 ; and of other hospitals
used by local residents see the Annual Report for the year 1934.