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(c) Nursing in the Home
There are two midwives and eight district nurses working in the
area. They are based at 31/32, Ranelagh Avenue, Barnes.
There are four health visitors in the district, two based at each
clinic.
(d) Treatment Centres and Clinics
There are two clinics in which infant welfare, ante-natal and
school medical services are provided:—
(i) Essex House, Barnes.
(ii) Health Centre, North Worple Way, Mortlake.
These services come under Surrey County Council and are administered
by the Divisional Medical Officer, Barnes and Richmond
forming a division.
The Chest Clinic is held also at the Health Centre, Mortlake.
(e) Hospitals
The only hospital in the area is the Barnes Hospital, which is
now used solely for the treatment of chronic sick patients. It was
previously the Barnes Isolation Hospital.
The principal general Hospitals serving the area are:—
West London Hospital, Hammersmith,
Richmond Royal Hospital,
Kingston Hospital.
The hospital for infectious diseases is:—
Tolworth Hospital, Surbiton.
Occasionally, cases are sent to the London Hospitals.
Maternity cases are booked through the clinics for admission to
the Kingston Hospital and in addition a number of patients book at
the following London Hospitals:—
St. Mary Abbots Hospital, Kensington,
Hammersmith Hospital, Ducane Road.
REMOVAL OF PERSONS IN NEED OF CARE AND
ATTENTION, Section 47, National Assistance Act, 1948
Under the above Section, the Council has power to apply to the
Courts for an order for the removal of persons to hospitals or other
suitable accommodation where they are:—
(a) suffering from grave chronic disease, or being aged, infirm
or physically incapacitated are living in insanitary conditions,
and
(b) are unable to devote to themselves and are not receiving from
other persons proper care and attention.