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NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE
DISTRICT.
Situated 12 miles south-west of London, the Urban
District of Teddington has an area of 1,196 acres of
land and 18 acres of water, making a total of 1,214
acres. About 25 acres of Bushy Pavk are within the
District.
The subsoil is almost entirely composed of gravel
and sand. The altitude above sea-level ranges from 20
feet at Broom Road to 55 feet at Fulwell Golf Course.
Teddington is largely a dormitory town and there
are no industries within the District.
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES.
Hospitals provided or subsidised by the Local Authority
or the Middlesex County Council.
Fever.
Cases of fever are removed to London Fever Hospital,
Tolworth Isolation Hospital, Twickenham Isolation
Hospital, and occasionally to one of the L.C.C.
Hospitals. See page 41 regarding South Middlesex
and Richmond Joint Hospital Board.
Smallpox Accommodation.
The Middlesex County Council are responsible for the
provision of hospital accommodation for the treatment
of Smallpox in the District.
Tuberculosis.
Residential institutional treatment and dispensaries
are provided by the Middlesex County Council.
Venereal Diseases.
Arrangements have been made by the Middlesex
County Council for the treatment of these diseases at
various London hospitals.
Maternity.
Urgent cases for the treatment of Puerperal Fever
and Puerperal Pyrexia are admitted to the West
Middlesex County Hospital, Isleworth, and Queen
Charlotte's Hospital, London.
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