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The Council annually subscribe £200 to the Hounslow Hospital and £50 to the Royal Hospital,
Richmond.
(2) Children.—The Children's Ward at the Hounslow Hospital contains 8 cots and 4 beds.
A considerable number of children are also dealt with at the West Middlesex County Hospital and
the London Hospitals.
(3) Maternity.—There is no definite provision in the district other than the West Middlesex
County Hospital for maternity cases, apart from private nursing homes charging considerable fees.
The maternity block there, however, is greatly used by mothers from this and neighbouring districts.
A few cases are dealt with in the Hounslow Hospital and some at the large London Hospitals.
(4) Venereal Diseases.—The nearest hospital for patients from this district is the West
London Hospital, but treatment is also available at most of the London Hospitals.
(5) Tuberculosis.—The County Council Institution in the Bell Road is now closed in so
far as in-patients are concerned, but still remains open on certain sessions for out-patients.
(6) Chronic Sick.—As far as I am aware, the only Hospital for these cases is the West
Middlesex County Hospital.
(7) Mental Deficiency.—There is no public or voluntary institution in this district. Cases
are sent by the County Council and Public Assistance Authority to various Homes and Hospitals
for which they are suitable.
(8) Orthopaedic.—There is no special provision for orthopaedic treatment at the local
Hospitals, apart from massage. Most of the patients requiring special advice or treatment attend
at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, London.
(9) Ear, Nose and Throat.—The Hon. Ear and Throat Surgeon attends at Hounslow
Hospital fortnightly, and in-patients are also dealt with for these conditions. The West Middlesex
County Hospital also deals with some cases. Otherwise patients go to one of the special Hospitals
in London.
(10) Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia.—Nearly all cases requiring Hospital treatment have
been admitted, on the application of the Medical Practitioner attending, to the West Middlesex
County Hospital.
Occasionally a Medical Practitioner has arranged for a patient to go into Queen Charlotte's
Maternity Hospital, Isolation Block, at Hammersmith, and negotiations are now proceeding to include
this provision within the Corporation's Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme.
(1) Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—An arrangements exists whereby cases of Ophthalmia
Neonatorum can be admitted to the St. Margaret's Hospital of the London County Council.
(12) Small Pox.—Arrangements are in operation with the London County Council Hospitals,
through the Middlesex County Authorities, for the admission of cases of small pox to their Hospitals.
Dockwell Hospital, the old Small Pox Hospital, situate in this district, was closed on that
account, but is available for re-opening at any time for possible infectious disease emergencies.
(13) Fever.—This district joins with Richmond in the form of a Joint Hospital Committee,
which is responsible for the Mogden Hospital, Isleworth, dealing with Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria,
Enteric Fever, and Cerebro Spinal Meningitis.
The accommodation at Mogden is now insufficient for this district in view of the tremendous
growth in the population, and from time to time arrangements have to be made for cases to be admitted
to outside hospitals, usually those belonging to the London County Council.
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