Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hounslow]
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authority does not provide vaccination against yellow
fever, cholera, typhoid or paratyphoid fevers and
persons desiring such protection should consult their
own doctors.
Yellow fever vaccination is carried out at the
following centres
Hospital for Tropical Diseases 4 St Pancras Way
London NW1 Tel: Euston4411 Ext 137
Medical Department Unilever House Blackfriars EC4
Tel: Fleet Street 7474 Ext 2841
53 Great Cumberland Place W1 Tel: Ambassador
6456
Patients are seen by appointment only. No charge is
made.
Cholera, enteric fever and typhus vaccination is
available at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases
4 St Pancras Way NW1 Tel: Euston 4411 Ext 137
by appointment only.
Anthrax vaccine is available from the Central
Public Health Laboratory Colindale Avenue NW9
Tel: Colindale7041.
If these diseases are to be kept under control a high
proportion of the child population must be protected.
Parents must not be lulled into a false sense of security
for security can be maintained only by their own
co-operation. Protection should not be delayed until
the disease appears in the community. Statistics
relating to vaccination and immunisation are shown
in Tables 6 and 7.
Services provided for the London Borough of Hounslow by other Authorities
North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board
40 Eastbourne Terrace W2
South West Middlesex Group Hospital Management Committee West Middlesex Hospital Isleworth
| The following are the main hospitals— | Cases admitted | Approx No of available staffed beds |
|---|---|---|
| West Middlesex Hospital Twickenham Road Isleworth Tel: ISLeworth 2121 | Mainly acute | 857 |
| Chiswick Maternity Hospital Netheravon Road W4 Tel: CHIswick 1124 | Maternity only | 51 |
| Brentford Hospital Boston Manor Road Brentford Tel: ISLeworth 6959 | Acute | 33 |
| South Middlesex Hospital Mogden Lane Isleworth Tel: POPesgrove2841 | Mainly acute including isolation | 155 |
| Staines Group Hospital Management Committee Ashford Hospital Ashford Middlesex | ||
| Ashford Hospital Ashford Middlesex Tel: ASHford 53271 | Mainly acute | 421 |