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An arrangement exists also whereby eases of Ophthalmia
Neonatorum can be admitted to the St. Margaret's Hospital of the
Metropolitan Asylums Board.
AMBULANCE FACILITIES
(a) For Infectious Cases.— This is provided by the Joint
Hospital Committee.
(b) For Non-Infectious and Accident Cases.—A Wilson and
Stockall Ambulance has been provided for accident cases and removal
of non-infectious cases to hospitals or nursing homes within
or outside the district. During the year 345 accident cases were
removed to hospital, and 288 cases of non-infectious disease were
removed to hospitals or nursing homes.
CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES IN THE DISTRICT.
A third Maternity and Child Welfare Centre was opened at
Heston in January, 1928.
The three Maternity and Child Welfare Centres are kept almost
entirely for consultation purposes, treatment being reduced to an
absolute minimum so as not to clash in any way with local Medical
Practitioners.
An Ante-Natal Clinic is held at the Health Department on
the first Wednesday in each calendar month.
The only Day Nursery in the district was closed in 1920.
There are three School Clinics, one at Heston, one at Hounslow,
and one at Isleworth. At each School Clinic treatment for
minor ailments is carried out on six mornings in the week, and
the minor ailments treatment clinics continue open during the
School Holidays.
A Medical Officer attends at Hounslow School clinic twice a
week, and at the Isleworth and Heston Clinics once a week each.
The Tuberculosis Clinic which is part of the County machinery
is situate in Hounslow in the centre of a populous district,