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and-a-half guineas per week, and five guineas per week for
those residing outside these districts. The work of this
Hospital forms the subject of a special report to the Hospitals
Committee, but it is interesting to record here, particulars of
the number of patients admitted during the year 1925:—
Admitted from Chiswick 128
Admitted from Ealing 190
Admitted from other districts 60
(c) Children.—The Council does not maintain or
subsidize a Children's Hospital, but the Chiswick General
Hospital referred to under No. 6 below, is available for
Chiswick children requiring hospital treatment.
(d) Fever.—Hospital accommodation for persons
suffering from infectious disease is provided for under the
agreement above referred to between this District and the
Borough of Ealing. The Isolation Hospital, under the
control of the Chiswick and Ealing Hospitals Committee, is
situated at Occupation Dane, Ealing, and has accommodation
of 100 beds. The extent of the use of the Hospital by this
District will be found referred to under the appropriate
heading of Infectious Diseases in Section VI of this Report.
(e) Smallpox.-—The Hospital treatment of this disease
is provided for by arrangement with the Middlesex Districts
Joint Smallpox Hospital Board, at their Hospital situated
at Yeading, Middlesex. Fortunately, it has not been
necessary to utilize this accommodation for a number of years.
(f) Other Hospitals.—The Chiswick General Hospital,
built, equipped, and endowed by D. Mason, Esq., of Chiswick,
is situated on the Mall, Chiswick. The accommodation and
the work of this Hospital have already been referred to.
The Council, or rather the Education Committee, have
entered into a contract with the hospital authorities for the
treatment of elementary school children suffering from
Tonsils and Adenoids and Ringworm.
This Hospital also gives most valuable service to the
Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics, and readily undertakes
the treatment of any child or mother sent there with a note