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Hospitals for the Mentally Sub-Normal Approximate No of
available staffed beds
Leavesden Hospital 2 227
Abbots Langley Watford
Tel 01=477 2222
(North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board)
Psychiatric Hospitals
Springfield Hospital 1 601
Beechcroft Road
Upper Tooting S W 17
Tel. 01 672 1212
(South West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board)
St Bernard s Hospital
Southall Middlesex
Tel 01-574 5381
(North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board)
Smallpox Hospital
Joyce Green Hospital
Dartford Kent
(Long Reach Hospital)
Tel 01 32 23231
(Admission to this hospital should be arranged
through the Medical Officer of Health)
Tel 01 570 7715
Middlesex Executive Council
This body is responsible for the provision
under the National Health Service Act of
general practitioner dental (other than local
health authority provision for expectant and
nursing mothers young children and school
children) pharnaceutical and supplementary
ophthalmic services The headquarters of the
council are at International Life House
Olympic Way Wembley Tel: 01 902 8891
Ambulance Service
The borough is included in the area of the
Greater London Council Ambulance Service
Provision is made for the conveyance of sick
accident and emergency cases Tel: 01-204
0251
28
Health Centres
Since the formation of the borough in 1965
two health centres have been built one at
Heston for two family doctors and one at
Feltham for three family doctors The Brentford
clinic has also been adapted to provide a
health centre to accommodate six family
doctors in addition to the existing local health
authority and school health services
The first phase of the health centre for
twelve family doctors at Bath Road was
completed in December and will come into
operation in January 1970 The centre which
has two wings provides consulting and
examination rooms for each of the doctors
health visitors rooms two nurses treatment
rooms reception and waiting areas and a
common room Health visitors and home
nurses will be attached to all the practices
On the first floor are the units for the