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The majority of the houses in the District are occupied by
good class working people, chiefly engaged in the local factories
and workshops. These comprise food factories, chemical,
engineering, paint, and wood works, employing approximately
3,150 males and 1,390 females. There are no trades carried on
which are scheduled as offensive trades, but at times there has
been cause for complaint of public nuisance from some of the
works, which necessitated action by the Council.
POOR LAW RELIEF.
I am informed the amount of poor law relief is less than
would be expected in a working-class neighbourhood. The
amount expended in money was £6999: 3s: 7dand in kind
£1068: 11s: 0d
HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATION.
There is no Hospital in the District for cases of accident
or ordinary sickness. Patients have to be sent to London
Hospitals, which is costly, inconvenient, and sometimes not
without risk.
Not seldom it is difficult to get beds for cases urgently
requiring immediate operation which cannot be done in poor
homes ; less urgent cases have to wait their turn on a long list.
The Hillingdon Workhouse Infirmary has 257 sick beds
and 36 cots; well equipped wards and operating theatre;
excellent nursing staff; there is no resident surgeon. Cases are
admitted on the recommendation of a medical practioner.