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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 3orough 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:
Brentford:-
Ante-Natal Clinics and )
Post-Natal Clinics ) Tuesday mornings 9 to 12 a.m.
Infant Welfare Clinics Wednesday and Thursday afternoons
2 to 4 p.m.
Diphtheria and Whooping )
Cough Immunisation and ) Alternate Friday afternoons
Vaccination Clinics ) 2 to 4.30 p.m.
Day Nursery Portsdown House, The Butts, Brentford.
Chiswick:-
Ante-Natal Clinics and ) Tuesday and Thursday mornings
Post-Natal Clinics ) 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 ) Monday afternoons 2 to 4.30 p.m
Vaccination Clinics )
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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