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from the Medical Officer to the Clinics. During 1925, they
operated on 27 infants for Phimosis; 21 for Tonsils and
Adenoids, and admitted as In-Patients 5 infants suffering
from Marasmus.
Other Hospitals available for Chiswick residents are
the West Middlesex Hospital at Isleworth, under the Brentford
Board of Guardians, the West London Hospital at
Hammersmith, and the London Hospitals generally.
The Council do not provide Institutional provision
for unmarried mothers, although unmarried women are
admitted to the Maternity Hospital for the birth of the child,
provided the conditions for admission are complied with.
The Brentford Board of Guardians deal with any
homeless children in the district.
Ambulance Facilities.
(a) For Infectious Cases.—A motor ambulance is
provided and maintained by the Chiswick and Ealing
Hospitals Committee, and greatly facilitates the speedy
removal of infectious cases.
(b) For Non- Infectious and Accident Cases.—A motor
ambulance for these cases is provided by the Council. It is
kept at the Chiswick Fire Station, and is available at any
time, a driver always being in attendance. No charge is
made for its use in accident cases or urgent maternity cases
requiring removal to Hospital. There is, however, a scale of
charges for private cases.
2—CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES.
The tabular statement set out below, gives details of
the various Clinics and Treatment Centres available. The
accommodation in all cases is for the moment ample, and
some conception of the extent to which they are used will be
gathered from a perusal of that part of the Report dealin