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 Brentford and Chiswick]
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Chest Clinic patients residing on the north side of the Borough
attend the Ealing Chest Clinic for their examinations, X-rays and
out-patient treatment, and the patients from the remaining area of
the Borough attend the Hounslow Chest Clinic, which is administered
by the Staines Group Hospital Management Committee.
County Council of Middlesex
The County Council of Middlesex is the Local Health Authority
under the National Health Service Act, 1946, and provides the
following services in the Boroughs:-
(a) Care of Mothers and Young Children:
Brentford:-
Ante-Natal Clinics and
Post-Natal Clinics
Wednesday mornings 9 to 12 a.m.
Infant Welfare Clinics
Monday and
Thursday afternoons 2 to 4 p.m.
Diphtheria and Whooping
Cough Immunisation and
Vaccination Clinics
Alternate Tuesday afternoons 2
to 3.30 p.m.
Rheumatism Clinics
Thursday mornings 9 to 10 a.m.
Day Nursery
Port sdown House, The Butts,
Brentford.
Chiswick:-
Ante-Natal Clinics and
Post-Natal Clinics
Tuesday and Thursday mornings 9
to 12 a.m.
Infant Welfare Clinics
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday afternoons 2 to 4 p.m.
Diphtheria and Whooping
Cough Immunisation and
Vaccination Clinics
Monday afternoons 2 to 2.30 p.m.
Day Nursery
Bennett Street, Chiswick, W. 4.
Priority Dental Service for expectant and nursing mothers and
children under school age.
(b) Midwifery Service:
Certified Midwives are employed for attendance on women in
their homes in the Borough as midwives or as maternity nurses during
childbirth.
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