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Medical Relief.
Particulars as to the extent to which hospitals and other forms
of gratuitous medical relief are utilised are not available, save in
a few instances, as many people apply to hospitals outside the
district, as for example, the Royal Hospital, Richmond, the West
London Hospital, Hammersmith, and other General Hospitals
within the Metropolitan area.
Poor Law Medical Relief.—The Relieving Officers issued 531
medical orders during 1924. Some of these cases received also outrelief
and institutional treatment.
The Hounslow Hospital is the only voluntary Hospital within
the district; it is a modern and well equipped institution which
was enlarged by the addition of 20 beds in 1922, making a total
of 47. Its sphere of usefulness will, it is hoped, be extended by
the provision of maternity beds, and a children's ward. During
the year 1924, there were admitted 535 in-patients, whilst 2,391 new
out-patients received treatment.
Medical relief is also given by certain voluntary organisations
in the district, namely:—
The Hounslow Central Aid Society.
The Isleworth District Nursing Association.
Curative Agencies directly or indirectly under the control of
the Council will be referred to under their appropriate headings.
They include:—
Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics (two centres).
School Clinics (inspection and treatment of school children).
Hospital provision at Mogden and Dockwell for infectious
diseases.
VITAL STATISTICS.
Population.
For the year 1924, the estimate of net civil population is
given under two figures supplied by the Registrar-General.
The death-rate population (46,970) excludes all non-civilian
males whether seiving at home or abroad; whilst the birth-rate