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Brentford and Chiswick 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]

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Chiswick Maternity Hospital which is an integral part of the
West Middlesex Hospital has 66 maternity beds and 55 maternity
cots.
A considerable number of Brentford and Chiswick people receive
their hospital treatment at the West Middlesex Hospital, Isleworth,
and the majority of cases of infectious disease requiring hospital
isolation are admitted to the South Middlesex Hospital, Isleworth.
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 Borough:-
(a) Care of Mothers and Young Children:
Brentfords-
Ante-Natal Clinics and Wednesday mornings 9 to 12 a.m.
Post-Natal Clinics
Infant Welfare Clinics Wednesday and
Thursday afternoons 2 to 4 p.m.
Diphtheria and Whooping Alternate Tuesday afternoons 2
Cough Immunisation and to 3.30 p.m.
Vaccination Clinics
Rheumatism Clinics Thursday mornings 9 to 10 a.m.
Day Nursery Portsdown House, The Butts,
Brentford.
Chiswick
Ante-Natal Clinics and Tuesday and Thursday mornings 9
Post-Natal Clinics to 12 a.m.
Infant Welfare Clinics Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday afternoons 2 to 4 p.m.
Diphtheria and Whooping Monday afternoons 2 to 2.30 p.m.
Cough Immunisation and
Vaccination Clinics
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