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Southall-Norwood 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall-Norwood]
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The following figures (Table No. 9) show the year's working of the Motor
Ambulances for non-infectious and accident cases :—
Table No . 9.
| Ordinary cases removed to hospital | 952 | |
| Accidents | 216 | |
| Out of District cases | - | |
| Total | 1168 | |
| Miles travelled | 12,936 | |
| Cash received | £7-9-11 | |
| Total expenditure | £480-8-2 | |
| Cost per mile (exclusive of depreciation) | 7.2 pence |
Poor Law Medical Relief.
The Relieving Officer issued 148 Medical Orders during 1934. Some
of these cases also received out-door relief or institutional treatment.
Hospitals.
There are no hospitals at present in the district other than the Authority's
own Isolation Hospital for fever cases and the Hanwell Mental
Hospital which is governed by the London County Council.
The foundation stone of the Southall-Norwood General Hospital
was laid on the 19th June, 1934, and it is hoped to open the Hospital in the
early summer of 1935. The Hospital is situated at The Green, Southall,
and will consist, in the first place, of about 18 beds.
The Isolation Hospital report is given on pages 57-61.
The Council makes grants to the following hospitals in the neighbourhood:—
King Edward's Memorial Hospital, Ealing.
Hounslow Cottage Hospital.
Hanwell Cottage Hospital.
An increasing use is being made of the Middlesex County Hospitals,
more especially the Hillingdon County Hospital and the West Middlesex
County Hospital at Isleworth. No formal arrangements however have been
made with regard to the admission to these hospitals of cases sent by the
Council.
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