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Maternity and Nursing Homes.—The County Council is the Supervising Authority under
the Nursing Homes Registration Act, 1927.
Maternal Mortality.—These deaths are investigated by the Medical Officer of Health as
far as possible, in conjunction with the medical practitioner in attendance, and the report is made
on the prescribed form to the Maternal Mortality Committee of the Ministry of Health. Some
difficulty is experienced in getting reports which are of any substantial value.
AMBULANCE FACILITIES.
(a) For Infectious Cases.—This is provided by the Joint Hospital Committee, except for
Small Pox and Ophthalmia Neonatorum cases which are removed to other Hospitals by special
arrangements.
(b) For Non-Infectious and Accident Cases.—Two Ambulances have been provided for
accident cases and removal of non-infectious cases to hospitals or nursing homes within or outside
the district. During the year 821 accident cases were removed to hospital, and 497 cases of noninfectious
disease were removed to hospitals or nursing homes.
CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES, 1934.
During the year the Isleworth Health Centre was opened at Busch House.
This is a temporary scheme to deal with the increasing work in that area until such time as
the permanent Health Centre can be built there, and it enabled Ante-Natal Clinics, Dental Qinics,
both for mothers and children, and Eye Clinics to be held there, which has met a definite need
which existed for some years.
In addition, the better accommodation at Busch House enabled the Maternity and Child
Welfare and School Clinics, which had previously been conducted at Isleworth Public Hall, to be
run under much better conditions than ever before. Isleworth Public Hall as a Clinic, was closed
down on the opening of Busch House.
Further efforts have been made to find some sort of accommodation at the Cranford end of
the district where growth is taking place very rapidly.
In addition a re-consideration of further accommodation at Clipstone House has been made
by the Committee on various occasions. (This of course has been entirely superseded by the fire.
A resolution has been passed that the remains of the building be demolished and a new Health
Centre erected).
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