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HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDED BY OTHER AUTHORITIES
North-West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board
Through the Uxbridge Group Management Committee this authority maintains
two hospitals in Southall, the Southall-Norwood Hospital (28 beds) for treatment of
general medical and surgical cases and casualties, and Mount Pleasant Hospital (59 beds)
for the treatment of geriatric cases.
St. Bernard's Hospital is managed by its own Committee and is for the reception of
cases of mental and nervous disorders; it has over 2,500 beds and takes patients from an
extensive area comprising parts of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Middlesex, including the
Borough of Southall. Informal, temporary and compulsorily certified patients of all types
are admitted, and all modern forms of treatment are carried out. Patients are now admitted
informally (under the Mental Health Act, 1959) and Informal and Compulsory became the
sole categories of admissions after 1st November, 1960.
Other hospitals outside the Borough which are used to a considerable extent by patients
from Southall are Hillingdon Hospital, West Middlesex Hospital and King Edward Memorial
Hospital, Ealing. Southall cases of infectious disease mainly enter St. John's Hospital,
Uxbridge, which also has facilities for the treatment of geriatric cases. The greatest number
attend Hillingdon, which has all the facilities of an acute general hospital, a geriatric section
and a maternity wing, either as outpatients, or as inpatients; in 1962, 2,998 Southall
residents had inpatient treatment in Hillingdon compared with 1,562 in 1961. This figure
includes 1,362 maternity mothers and babies discharged, compared with 1,170 in 1961
and 807 in 1960. So the figure for maternity cases has grown over 50% in the last two years.
In 1962, 17.73 % of all the patients treated to a conclusion in Hillingdon Hospital came from
Southall.
Mount Pleasant Hospital provides accommodation for 39 female and 20 male elderly
patients who are in need of medical and nursing care. Facilities are provided for occupational
therapy and physiotherapy treatment. Patients who are normally looked after at
home, are admitted for short periods to enable their relatives to have a holiday, etc.
The Hospital has a very active Comforts Committee who raise funds to provide
additional amenities to the patients. In addition, a trolley shop organised by the local
W.V.S. caters for their daily needs. A weekly library service is provided by the Red Cross
Society. Of the total number of discharges and deaths of 134 at this hospital for the year, 73
had been admitted from residences within the Borough.
The Uxbridge Chest Clinic is the regional centre to which residents of the Borough of
Southall may be referred regarding chest disorders. It is also the regional centre for the
diagnosis, treatment, aftercare and prevention of tuberculosis (both pulmonary and nonpulmonary).
Persons may be referred there by their own doctors, from Clinics, etc. Special
"X-ray only" Clinics are available without appointment, otherwise persons are seen by
appointment.
There are male and female beds under the surveillance of clinic physicians at:—
(1) Harefield Hospital for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis; and at
(2) Hillingdon Hospital for the treatment of other chest disorders, and
(3) Adelaide Ward of St. Bernard's Hospital—24 male and 24 female beds—
for tuberculous patients—pulmonary and non-pulmonary.
County Council of Middlesex—Health Department
The County Council of Middlesex is the Local Health Authority under the National
Health Service Act, 1946, and provides the following services in the Borough, which are
operated through the Area Health Office, 92 Bath Road, Hounslow.
(a) Care of Mothers and Young Children
Ante-Natal Clinics Jubilee Gardens Centre, Northcote
Infant Welfare Clinics Avenue Clinic and 13 King Street.
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