View report page

HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDED BY OTHER AUTHORITIES
North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board
South west Middlesex Hospital Management Committee
Brentford Hospital, Chiswick Maternity Hospital and King Edward Memorial
Hospital Clayponds Wing (formerly Clayponds Hospital) are situated within the
Borough and are administered by the South West Middlesex Hospital Management
Committee under the provisions of the National Health Service Act, 1946
Brentford Hospital is a cottage type hospital., staffed by general practitioners
and visiting consultants, and has 33 beds dealing with general medical
and surgical cases This hospital is now a Training School for enrolled nurses
in conjunction with South Middlesex Hospital
Chiswick Maternity Hospital which is an integral part of the West Middlesex
Hospital has at present 51 maternity beds and 41 maternity cots
King Edward Memorial Hospital Clayponds Wing has 128 staffed beds and
is classified as dealing with orthopaedic, chronic, general medical and surgical
cases It is just within the Borough and is integrated with the King Edward
Memorial Hospital at Ealing The majority of the patients admitted to Clayponds
come through the King Edward Memorial Hospital and the remaining patients are
admitted through the West Middlesex and Central Middlesex Hospitals
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 Use is also made for local residents of
hospital facilities in the Maternity Wards of West Middlesex Hospital (98 beds),
Perivale Maternity Hospital (51 beds - extensions now in progress will provide
a further 24'beds) , and Queen Charlotte s Hospital
A rehabilitation unit for the elderly is maintained at West Middlesex Hospital
There is need for greater provision of geriatric beds and it is hoped
that shortly there will be an increase in the number of these A day hospital
is in operation at West Middlesex Hospital for the elderly
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
Brentford -
Ante-Natal Clinics and )
Post Natal Clinics ) Alternate Tuesday afternoons 2 p.m.
Infant Welfare Clinics Wednesday and Thursday afternoons 2 p.m.
73