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General Provision of Health Services in the Area.
Hospitals.
(1) Tuberculosis. Patients seen by the County Tuberculosis
Officer and found to be suitable for Hospital treatment are
sent to Hospitals and Sanatoria.
(2) Maternity. No Maternity Hospital has been provided
by the Local Authority, but the Guardians have set aside certain
beds at the Infirmary, Grove Road, for Maternity cases.
(3) Children. By arrangement with the Education Com—
mittee and the Council through the Maternity and Child Welfare
Committee, the Richmond Royal Hospital admits suitable cases
of children attending the Welfare Centre or the ElementarySchools
of the Borough.
(4) Fever. Richmond sends its infectious cases to the
Mogden Isolation Hospital which is managed by a Joint Hospital
Board composed of Members of the Richmond and Heston and
Isleworth Councils. This Hospital is not in the Borough, but in
the Urban District of Isleworth.
The Hospital accommodates 45 patients, mainly Scarlet Fever
and Diphtheria cases, but provision can be made for the admission
of Enteric cases also.
A tabulated statement of the cases admitted during the year
is attached.