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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
Chiropody clinics are now held at both Essex County Health
Services Clinics in the area. Priority is, in the first instance,
given to the elderly, the physically handicapped and expectant
mothers. Appointments to attend these sessions must be made
through the Area Medical Officer, Municipal Offices, High Road,
Woodford, E.18.
There were 81 new applicants in 1959 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, 556 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.