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HOSPITALS.
Hospitals provided or subsidised by the Local Authority or ???
the County Council:—
1. Tuberculosis.— The County Council have an institi???
tion; The Bell Road Hospital, with 16 (9 male and 7 female???
beds.
2. Maternity.— There is no definite provision in tl???
district other than the West Middlesex Hospital (Guardian???
for maternity cases apart from private nursing homes chargin???
considerable fees. There are a few beds in the Hounslo???
Hospital and cases can also be dealt with at the West Middli???
sex Hospital, but the great majority of the cases which con???
under the notice of the Public Health Department are ded???
with by the large London Hospitals.
3. The Hospitals in the district are the West Middlese???
•Hospital which is the Poor Law Infirmary. The Hounsloi???
Hospital with 54 beds, is entirely supported by voluntar???
contributions. A Children's Ward of 8 cots with a solariur???
has also been provided. The Mogden and Dockwell Hospital???
for Infectious diseases and Small Pox are supported from th???
rates by the Councils of Heston and Isleworth and Richmond
There is practically no difficulty in getting cases into the We???
Middlesex Hospital, but there is no out-patient department.
The Hounslow Hospital has a staff of consultants, but then???
appears to be a feeling for preference for the larger Hospitals wit???
national reputation such as Gt. Ormond Street, Queen's Squarr???
Brompton, Chelsea Hospital for Women and the larger hospital;???
The difficulty in connection with this however, is that it entails I???
considerable expense, which many of the parents can ill afford an???
in other cases where specialised treatment is wanted, there is oftci???
considerable difficulty in obtaining the necessary letters demands???
by the Hospital.