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HOSPITALS.
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 15 (9 male and 6 female),
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 Middlesex
Hospital, but the great majority of the cases which come under
the notice of the Public Health Department are dealt with by
the large London Hospitals.
3. The Hospitals in the district are the West Middlesex
Hospital which is the Poor Law Infirmary. The Hounslow
Hospital with 52 beds, is entirely supported by voluntary
contributions. A Children's Ward of 8 cots with a solarium
has been added during the year. The Mogden and Dockwell
Hospitals for Infectious diseases and Small Pox are 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 with
national reputation such as Gt. Ormond Street, Queen's Square,
Brampton, 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 ant.