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3. The Hospitals in the district are the West Middlesex
Hospital which is the Poor Law Infirmary. The Hounslow
Hospital with 47 beds, which is entirely supported by voluntary
contributions and the Mogden and Dockwell Hospitals for
Infectious Diseases and Smallpox supported from the rates by
the Councils of Heston and Isleworth and Richmond.
There is practically no difficulty in getting cases into the West
Middlesex Hospital, but there is no out-patient department.
The Hounslow Hospital has a staff of consultants, but there
appears to be a feeling for preference for the larger Hospitals wit.h
national reputation such as Gt. Ormond Street, Queen's Square,
Brompton, Chelsea Hospital for Women and the larger hospitals.
The difficulty in connection with this however, is that it entails a
considerable expense, which many of the parents can ill afford and
in other cases where specialised treatment is wanted, there is often
considerable difficulty in obtaining the necessary letters demanded
by the Hospital.
4. Fever.— This district joins with Richmond in the form
of a Joint Hospital Board, which is responsible for the Mogden
Hospital dealing with Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria and Enteric,
and the Dockwell Hospital with 13 beds for the accommodation
of Smallpox.
AMBULANCE FACILITIES.
(a). For Infectious Cases.— This is provided by the Joint
Hospital Board.
(b). For Non-Infectious and Accident Cases—There are none
in the district.
ADOPTIVE ACTS AND BYE-LAWS IN FORCE.
Adoptive Acts in force in the District:
*Infectious Diseases (Prevention) Act, 1890.
*Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, Part III.
*Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907, Parts II., *III.,
*1V., *V., VI. and VIII.