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Clinics and Treatment Centres.
The services provided in the district are shown in Appendix Table VI.
A report on the work in the diphtheria prevention clinic is given on page 13.
The Council affords facilities to all medical men practising in the district for the
examination of pathological specimens. This work is carried out by the Ministry of Health
Emergency Laboratory, Ealing.
The following table shows the work done during the year 1942 (exclusive of work
done for the Isolation Hospital (which is shown separately).

Scabies Clinic.
The total number who attended the clinic for treatment of scabies and other skin
conditions during 1942 was 1,789. Details of the cases were as follows:—
Scabies First Visits 460, Reattendances 503, Total 963
Other skin conditions „ „ 140, „ 442, ,, 582
Verminous heads „ „ 87, „ 157, „ 244
While these figures show an increase on the previous year, this does not necessarily
mean an increase in the amount of scabies and verminous conditions, as the Cleansing
Station, being newly opened in 1941, would not be known to the public generally for some
time after that, and although many cases are referred from private practitioners and the
clinics, a considerable number attend on their own initiative.
Ambulance Facilities.
Two motor ambulances under the control of this department are provided by the
Council for the use of residents to remove non-infectious and accident cases to hospital,
and for other ambulance work. The vehicles are stationed at the Salisbury Road Civil
Defence Depot, and are manned by the members of the Casualty Service. Heavy demands
are made on this service, and it functions successfully. Details of the work of this service
are as follows :—

Poor Law Medical Relief.
The Relieving Officer issued 366 Medical Orders during 1942. Some of these
cases also received outdoor relief or institutional treatment.
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