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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 Isolation Hospitals in nearby districts, viz:
St. Ann's Hospital, Tottenham, South Lodge Hospital, Winchmore Hill;
or, if no bed is available at these hospitals, the Emergency Bed
Service arranges admission to the nearest hospital where a bed is
available. ( The infectious disease unit at the Honey Lane Hospital,
Wultham Abbey, was closed by the Regional Hospital Board as from
25th July, 1961, to provide accommodation for oral surgery. )
(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 sessions are now held at both Essex County Health
Services Clinics in the area and a limited domiciliary service is
provided, Priority is, in the first instance, given to the elderly,
the physically handicapped and expectant mothers. Appointments for
such treatment must be made through the Area Medical Officer, Municipal
Offices, High Road, Woodford, E.18.
There were 83 new applicants in 1960 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, 639 persons have applied for treatment and 81 have been transferred
to the County Chiropody Scheme, for either home or clinic treatment.
Five 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; this also is inspected annually.