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"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 provided the following services in the Borough, which were
operated through the Area Health Office, 92, Bath Road, Hounslow, until September,
1964. On 1st October, the personal services were transferred to the management of the
Area 7 Medical Officer, to be administered from the Area Health Office, Town Hall,
Ealing, London, W.5.
(a) Care of Mothers and Young Children
Ante-Natal Clinics Infant Welfare Clinics Jubilee Gardens Centre, Northcote Avenue Clinic and 13, King Street.
Diphtheria, Whooping Cough and Tetanus Immunisation, Smallpox and Poliomyelitis Vaccination Clinics Jubilee Gardens Centre, Northcote Avenue Clinic and 13, King Street.
Ultra Violet Light Clinic Northcote Avenue Clinic.
Priority Dental Service for Expectant and Nursing Mothers and Children under School Age Northcote Avenue Clinic and 13, King Street.
(b) Midwifery Service
Certified Midwives are employed, for attendance on women in their homes in the
Borough during childbirth.
(c) Health Visitors
Health Visitors are employed to undertake home visiting for the purpose of giving
advice on the care of young children, to persons suffering from illness, to expectant and
nursing mothers, to the elderly, and on the measures necessary to prevent the spread of
infection. (The Health Visitors also act as school nurses).
(d) Home Nursing and Nursing Equipment
Home Nurses are employed to undertake the nursing of persons in their own homes
at the request of general practitioners and hospitals. Where nursing equipment is required
for use in the home, it is available on loan, through the British Red Cross Society. (For
details, see page 26).
(e) Vaccination and Immunisation
In addition to the vaccination and immunisation of infants and young children carried
out at the clinics already referred to, vaccination and immunisation against the diseases
mentioned above are carried out by most general practitioners.
(f) Prevention of Illness, Care and After Care
The County Council's scheme includes provision for the admission of suitable cases
to recognised recuperative homes. (Such cases should not be in need of medical or nursing
care.)
The care and after care of tuberculous persons is dealt with through the Welfare
Officer at the Chest Clinic.
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