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7.
(h) Hospitals
The hospitals providing general medical services for Chingford
residents are chiefly the Connaught Hospital, Walthamstow, the
Wanstead Hospital, Wanstead, the North Middlesex Hospital, Edmonton
and the Whipps Cross Hospital at Leytonstone.
Persons with infectious disease needing admission to hospital
are accommodated at the Honey Lane Hospital, Waltham Abbey, or at
Isolation Hospitals in nearby districts; or, if no bed is available
at these hospitals, the Emergency Bed Service arranges admission to
the nearest hospital where a bed is available.
(i) Day Nurseries
There is one Day Nursery in the district, situated at 136/138,
Chingford Mount Road, Regular medical inspection of the children
attending this Nursery was carried out during the year.
(j) Home and Domestic Help Scheme
There is a Home and Domestic Help Scheme in the Chingford
district, under the auspices of the Essex County Council.
Application for these facilities should be made to the Area
Medical Officer, Municipal Offices, High Road, Woodford, E.18.
(k) Chiropody Facilities
A chiropody clinic for persons of pensionable age only is
held on Thursday afternoons at the Essex County Health Services
Clinic, Marmion Avenue, South Chingford. Appointments to attend
this clinic must be made through the Area Medical Officer, Municipal
Offices, High Road, Woodford, E.18.
There were 80 new applicants in 1958 for treatment under the
scheme for providing chiropody for Chingford residents of pensionable
age, sponsored by the Chingford Old People's Welfare Committee and
administered by the Health Department. Since the scheme began in
1956, 475 persons have applied for treatment.
Six persons hold licences from the Essex County Council to carry
on private practice as chiropodists in the borough. Their premises
are inspected annually. There is one establishment licensed for
beauty treatment.