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(5) Small-pox. The Small-pox Hospital is controlled by the
Joint Hospital Board above mentioned, and is situated at Dockwell,
in Middlesex, about one mile due west of Hounslow Barracks.
(6) Other Hospitals. The Royal Hospital, Richmond, is a
General Hospital, and provides for Medical, Surgical, Ophthalmic
and Dental cases from Richmond and the neighbouring towns and
districts in the Thames Valley.
The Venereal Clinics organised by the Surrey County Council
arc held at the Hospital, and there is also a special Maternity and
Child Welfare Department to which infants and children up to 5
years of age may be sent from the Maternity and Child Welfare
Centre.
The Richmond Council makes a grant towards the expenses
of this Department.
Institutional Provision for Unmarried Mothers and Illegitimate
Infants.
There is no Home in the Borough for these cases, but by an
arrangement with the County Council such mothers may be sent
to a Home at Epsom where beds are available.
Ambulance Facilities.
(a) The Joint Hospital Committee possess a Motor Ambulance
which is kept at Mogden Hospital and which is used for the removal
of infectious cases to that Hospital.
(b) In 1919 the British Red Cross Society through the Local
Branch provided a Motor Ambulance for use by the Borough
Council. This is used for accidents and non-infectious cases.
Charges are made for its use according to the mileage, but the
charges may be w holly or partly remitted.
During the year 1925, the Ambulance was used 329 times, and
the mileage covered was 2,184.