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Southall 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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The following figures show the year's working of the motor ambulances
for non-infectious and accident cases:—
Table N o. 11
| Ordinary cases removed to hospital | 1556 |
| Accidents | 154 |
| Persons taken ill in the street | 40 |
| Out of district cases | 5 |
| Total | 1755 |
| Miles travelled in the year 1938 | 16,092 |
| Cash received | £6 |
| Total expenditure | £1,242* |
| Cost per mile (exclusive of depreciation) | 10.1 pence |
| * This includes £579 for the purchase of a new ambulance. | |
Poor Law Medical Relief.
The Relieving Officer issued 242 Medical Orders during 1938. Some of
these cases also received outdoor relief or institutional treatment.
Hospitals.
There are three hospitals in the district—the Authority's isolation
hospital for fever cases, St. Bernard's Hospital, which is governed by the
London County Council, and the Southall-Norwood General Hospital. The
Southall-Norwood General Hospital was opened in November, 1935; it contains
21 ordinary beds, 5 cots and 2 private wards.
The Isolation Hospital report is given on pages 65 to 69.
The Council makes grants to the following hospitals in the neighbourhood:—
Southall-Norwood General Hospital.
King Edward Memorial Hospital, Ealing.
No formal arrangements have been made with regard to the admission
to the County hospitals of cases sent by the Council.
Health Education.
Mothercraft sessions were started at the Manor House in March 1936
and at the Branch Health Centre in May of this year. They are held each
Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon from January until Easter ; from Easter
until the end of July; and from September until Christmas.
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