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VOLUNTARY SOCIETIES AND HELPERS.
The Isleworth Nursing Association is the only Voluntary
Society in direct contact with the Council's Maternity and Child
Welfare Scheme.
Acknowledgement must be made of the interest taken and
useful help rendered by the members of the Womens' Co-operative
Guild, Mrs. Dollaston, Mrs. Bartlett and Mrs. Luto, assisting at
the Hounslow Clinic, Mrs. Evans at the one held at the Isleworth
Public Hall.
During the present year the Isolation Hospital accommodation
has been taxed to its utmost and the Medical Officer of Richmond
and I both reported that we considered extensions necessary. The
report at the end of the year is under consideration.
Hospitals provided or subsidised by the Local Authority or
by the County Council :—
1. Tuberculosis.—The County Council have two institutions
: The Bell Road Hospital, with 16 beds, and a section
of the West Middlesex Hospital.
2. Maternity.—There is no definite provision in the
district other than the West Middlesex Hospital (Guardians)
for maternity cases apart from private nursing homes charging
considerable fees. There are a few beds in the Hounslow
Hospital and cases can also be dealt with at the West
HOSPITALS.
INFANT DEATHS, STILL BIRTHS, MEASLES, etc.
Infant Deaths: visits paid 52
Still Births noted 32
Measles 21
Whooping Cough 160
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 8 (3 cases)
No special measures exist for dealing with unmarried mothers
or illegitimate children as such, but cases not wholly destitute
have derived benefit through the Council's scheme for grants of
food and milk.