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(h) Hospitals
The hospitals providing general medical services for Chingford
residents are chiefly the Chingford Hospital, the Connaught Hospital,
Walthamstow, the Wanstead Hospital, the North Middlesex Hospital,
Edmonton, and the Whipps Cross Hospital, 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 admiasion to the nearest hospital where a bed is
available. The infectious disease unit at the Honey Lane Hospital,
Waltham 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. 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 23 new applicants in 1961 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, 662 persons
have applied for treatment.
Four persons hold licences from the Essex County Council to carry
on private practice as chiropodists in the borough. Their premises
are inspected annually.