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9
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 the hospitals outside the
district, as for example, the Eoyal Hospital, Richmond, the West
London Hospital, Hammersmith, and other General Hospitals
within the Metropolitan area.
Poor Law Medical Relief.—The Relieving Officers issued 305
medical orders during 1928. 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 with 60
beds, with a children's ward and X-Ray Department. During the
year 1928, there were admitted 986 in-patients, whilst 3,686 new
out-patients received treatment.
Medical relief is also given by certain voluntary organisations
in the district namely :—
The Isleworth District Nursing Association.
The Osterley, North Hounslow and Heston 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 (three centres).
Ante-Natal Clinic.
Three School Clinics (inspection and treatment of school
children).
Hospital provision at Mogden and M.A.B. Hospitals for
infectious diseases.
Staff.
During the year it was found necessary, owing to the growth of
the work, to provide increased medical, nursing and clerical