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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.
It is bounded on the east by the River Thames. About
25 acres of Bushy Park 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.
Up to the 31st March, 1935, cases of fever were
removed to London Fever Hospital, Tolworth Isolation
Hospital, Twickenham Isolation Hospital, or occasionally
to one of the L.C.C. Hospitals. The South
Middlesex and Richmond Joint Hospital Board, of
which the Council is a constituent Authority, took over
the provision of Isolation Hospital accommodation as
from the 1st April, 193 5.
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 vVest
Middlesex County Hospital, Isleworth, and Queen
Charlotte's Hospital, London.
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