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ADOPTIVE ACTS AND BYE-LAWS IN FORCE.
Adoptive Acts in force in the District.
*Infectious Diseases (Prevention) Act, 1890.
*Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, Part II, III and V.
*Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907, Parts II., *III., *IV., *V., VI and VIII.
*Public Health Act, 1925, Parts *II., *III., *IV., and *V. were adopted in November. 1925.
Maternity and Child Welfare Act, 1918.
Baths and Wash-houses Acts, 1846-1899.
Burial Acts, 1852-85. (Applicable to parts of the district only).
Public Libraries Act., 1892.
Private Street Works Act, 1892.
Small Dwellings Acquisition Acts, 1899-1923.
Local Government & Other Officers' Superannuation Act, 1922.
Bye-laws in force in the District.
*Common Lodging Houses (P.H.A. 1875, s. 80).
*Cleansing, etc., and Removal of Refuse (P.H.A., 1875, s. 44).
*Houses Let in Lodgings (P.H.A., 1875, s. 90).
*Tents, Vans, Sheds, etc. (H.W.C.A., 1885, s. 9 (2).
*Slaughter Houses (P.H.A., 1875, s. 169, and T.I.C.A., 1847, s. 128).
*Prevention of Nuisances (P.H.A., 1875, s. 44).
*Keeping of Animals (P.H.A., 1875, s. 44).
*Removal of Offensive Matters (P.H.A.A.A., 1890, s. 26).
New Streets and Buildings (P.H.A. 1875, s 157, & P.H.A.A.A. 1890, s. 23).
Pleasure Grounds (P.H.A., 1875, s. 164).
*Fish Frying (P.H.A., 1875., s. 113).
*Emission of Smoke (P.H. (S.A.) A. 1926, s. 2).
School Attendance (E.E.A. 1870, s. 74, as amended by E.E.As. 1876-1902).
Employment of Children and Street Trading by Young Persons (Edu.A., 1918, s. 13).
Regulations made by Local Authority in force in District.
Allotments (S.H. & A.A., 1908, s. 28), Allotment Regulations, 1922.
*These are administered wholly or partly by the Health Committee. The unstarred are administered
by other Committees of the Council.
HOSPITALS.
(1) General.—Hounslow Hospital, Staines Road.—This is the only Voluntary Hospital
within the district. It is a modern and well-equipped institution, with 72 beds, including a children's
ward and X-ray Department. During the year, there were admitted 938 in-patients, whilst 4326
new out-patients received treatment.
West Middlesex County Hospital, Isleworth.—The large public institutions formerly
administered by the Brentford Board of Guardians, and now transferred by virtue of the Local Government
Act, 1929, to the Middlesex County Council, are situated at the eastern end, and receive patients
and inmates from the constituent parishes of: Acton, Chiswick, Ealing, Greenford, Hanwell, Heston
and Isleworth, New Brentford, Old Brentford, Perivale, Twickenham, and West Twyford.
An increasing number of patients are now being sent from the Staines and Uxbridge areas
who were formerly dealt with in their own locality. This is the result of the more up-to-date equipment
and facilities for treatment which exist at the West Middlesex County Hospital, as compared
with the local institutions.
Owing to the increasing demand daily the Hospital accommodation is taxed to its utmost
capacity, so much so that it has been found necessary to transfer minor cases to other Hospitals of
the County Council.
The Royal Hospital (Richmond) West London Hospital, (Hammersmith) and other
large General Hospitals within the Metropolitan area are within comparatively easy reach by tram,
bus, District Railway, or Ambulance, and although definite particulars are not available, it is certain
that many people apply to these Hospitals outside the district.
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