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The accommodation at the Redhill Hospital, which had for
some years been 215 beds, was supplemented during 1936, bringing
the complement to 225. Of this number 64 were medical beds
(male 33, female 31) ; 65 surgical (male 34, female 31); 19 ear,
nose and throat (male 5, female 8, and children 6) ; children 28 ;
maternity beds 21, cradles 20, and isolation beds and cradles 6,
and 2 beds for sick nurses.
The following consultative out-patient clinics are held at the
Harrow and Wealdstone Hospital: medical, surgical, diseases of
children, diseases of women, ear, nose and throat, radiological and
dermatological. Massage, electrical and light treatment are provided
at 76, Marlborough Hill.
At Redhill Hospital the in-patients transferred to out-patients,
casualties and patients seen for consultation or otherwise are seen
at the following out-patient departments : general medical, general
surgical, ear nose and throat, X-ray, massage, electro therapeutic
and ultra-violet light (daily); ante-natal (thrice weekly); orthopaedic
and dental (twice weekly); post-natal, head injury clinic, varicose
vein clinic, genito-urinary clinic and gynaecological clinic (each once
weekly).
Of the 4,716 patients admitted to Redhill Hospital in 1936,
1,375 came from Harrow, 2,196 from Hendon, 1,078 from Wembley
and 67 from other parts of Middlesex. During the same year 606
of the 2,143 patients admitted to the Central Middlesex Hospital
came from Harrow or Hendon.
(2) Hospitals for Maternity Cases.
Although the County Council have, since April, 1936, made no
charge to the Council for the admission of maternity cases to the
County Hospitals, owing to the extreme inadequacy of the maternity
accommodation in the County Hospitals, it has still been necessary
for the Council to arrange for the admission of maternity cases to
various of the London maternity and general hospitals.
Cases of puerperal infection are admitted either to the London
County Council North-Western Fever Hospital or to Queen
Charlotte's Isolation Hospital.
(3) Hospitals for Children.
Apart from the arrangement by which cases of ophthalmia
neonatorum are admitted to St. Margaret's Hospital, Hampstead,
there is no provision for admission of children to hospital.
(4) Orthopaedic Hospitals.
The Council has no agreement with any particular orthopaedic
hospital for the admission of patients, though responsibility for the
payment of fees of necessitous cases admitted to the various
orthopaedic hospitals is accepted.