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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, Parts 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, 1846-1925.
Burial Acts, 1852-85. (Applicable to parts of the Borough only).
Public Libraries Acts, 1892-1919.
Private Street Works Act, 1892.
Small Dwellings Acquisition Acts, 1899-1923.
Local Government and Other Officers' Superannuation Act, 1922.
*These are administered wholly or partly by the Health Committee. The unstarred are
administered by other Committees of the Council.
Bye-laws in force in the District.
Most of the bye-laws in force prior to the incorporation of the former Urban District have
ceased to apply to the Borough by virtue of the scheme annexed to the Charter of Incorporation.
New editions of these bye-laws are in course of preparation.
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 1,071 in-patients,
whilst 5,713 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 of the
parish. The majority of persons dealt with are residents in the Boroughs of Acton, Brentford
and Chiswick, Ealing, Heston and Isleworth, and Twickenham, and the Urban Districts of Sunbury
and Teddington, but, as the hospital is a unit in the County Council's Hospital Service,
residents from other parts of Middlesex are admitted as need arises.
A very highly qualified consulting staff is being appointed and everything is being done to
bring the Hospital as nearly as possible up to the standard of the large London Hospitals.
The West Middlesex County Hospital is a well-equipped modern hospital, providing
accommodation for 500 patients suffering from acute medical and surgical conditions, together
with a maternity wing with beds and cots for 31 mothers and their infants. The hospital is provided
with electro-therapeutic, X-ray, massage and ophthalmic departments.
Between 600 and 700 patients suffering from chronic illnesses are accommodated in the
adjoining institution (Warkworth House).
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.
The Council annually subscribe £300 to the Hounslow Hospital and £50 to the Royal
Hospital, Richmond.
(2) Children. —The Children's Ward at the Hounslow Hospital contains 14 cots. A
considerable number of children are also dealt with at the West Middlesex County Hospital and
the London Hospitals.
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