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(c) Nursing in the Home.
No change has taken place in this service. The Brentford
and Chiswick Nursing Association, in affiliation with the Queen's
Institute of District Nursing, still continues to function and
employs two nurses for work in the district.
In connection with this nursing service, there is a scheme
whereby for a minimum subscription of one penny per week the
services of the Queen's Nurses are offered to householders and
others. This contribution entitles the father, mother and
children of the family up to the age of 16 years, to nursing
benefit. Older children of the family may benefit by paying at
the minimum rate of a halfpenny per week. Non-subscribers
can, of course, obtain the services of the nurses on payment of
a graded fee.
(d) Clinics and Treatment Centres.
A table showing a complete list of Clinics and treatment
centres, giving particulars of establishment and control, will be
found appended at the end of this sub-section.
(e) Hospitals : Public and Voluntary.
Two voluntary hospitals exist within the Borough
boundaries, viz. the Chiswick Hospital and the Brentford
Hospital. The former, however, is undergoing complete reconstruction,
but it is hoped that this will be completed soon, so
that the hospital can resume its useful work. The proximity of
the Borough to London renders the large Metropolitan hospitals
available to residents and many take advantage of this fact as
well as of the Hospital in the Royal Borough of Richmond.
The Middlesex County Council Hospitals—mainly the West
Middlesex Hospital situated in the adjoining Borough of Heston
and Isleworth—deal with large numbers of patients requiring
hospital treatment, including many maternity cases unable to
obtain accommodation in the Maternity Hospital of the Joint
Hospitals Committee.
By the courtesy of Dr. T. Orr, Medical Superintendent of
both the Isolation and Maternity Hospitals, I am once again
privileged to include his report on the working and administration
of these hospitals.