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HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDED BY OTHER AUTHORITIES
North-West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board.—Two general hospitals (West Middlesex,
1,150 beds and Hounslow, 81 beds) and one fever hospital (South Middlesex, 140 beds) are situate in
the Borough. Part of the accommodation in the fever hospital is used for surgical cases. The West
Middlesex and South Middlesex Hospitals are controlled by the South West Middlesex Hospital Management
Committee, while Hounslow Hospital and the Chest Clinic are the responsibility of the Staines
Group Hospital Management Committee. The Regional Hospital Board provides the specialist services
for the hospitals and for domiciliary consultations.
Middlesex County Council—Health Department.—The County Council is the Local Health
Authority under the National Health Service Act, 1946. The following services are provided in the
Borough:—
(a) Ante-natal and post-natal clinics
92 Bath Road, Hounslow Monday and Wednesday mornings.
Thursday afternoon.
Busch Corner, Isleworth Tuesday afternoon.
Heston Village Hall Thursday afternoon.
(b) Infant welfare clinics
92 Bath Road, Hounslow Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
afternoons.
Busch Corner, Isleworth Monday and Wednesday afternoons.
Heston Village Hall Monday and Tuesday afternoons. Friday
morning.
Cranford Memorial Hall Monday and Friday afternoons.
(c) Immunisation and vaccination clinics Wednesday afternoon, Thursday morning.
92 Bath Road, Hounslow Tuesday (fortnightly) afternoon.
Busch Corner, Isleworth Tuesday (fortnightly) morning.
Heston Village Hall
(d) Artificial Sunlight clinics (winter months)
92 Bath Road, Hounslow Tuesday and Friday afternoons.
Busch Corner, Isleworth Tuesday and Friday afternoons.
(e) Dental clinics
Busch Corner' Isleworth Monday to Friday daily and Saturday mornings.
(f) Day nurseries Approved accommodation
Nantly House, Lampton Road 54 children.
Blenheim House, Bath Road 50 children.
Heston 50 children.
Acton Lodge, Brentford End 35 children.
These day nurseries admit children aged 0-5 years and a charge is made for the care of the children.
(g) Midwifery Service.
Certified midwives are employed for attendance as midwives or maternity nurses at
domiciliary confinements. Gas and air analgesia is available. Maternity outfits are supplied
free for home confinements.
(h) Home Nursing.
Male and female nurses are employed as "district" nurses. Where nursing equipment is
required for use in the home, arrangements have been made for this to be supplied on loan
through the British Red Cross Society at the Depot in Hanworth Road.
(i) Health Visitors.
Health Visitors who also act as School Nurses are employed in clinics and home visiting.
Their work is largely educational and social, and is defined in the Act as "giving advice
as to the care of young children, persons suffering from illness, and expectant and nursing
mothers, and as to the measures necessary to prevent the spread of infection."
(j) Domestic Flelps.
Home helps are employed to provide domestic help for households "where such help is
required owing to the presence of any person who is ill, lying-in, an expectant mother,
mentally defective, aged, or a child not over compulsory school age." A charge is made
for this service and in assessing this, regard is had to the means of the persons concerned.
(k) Prevention of Illness, Care and After-care.
The care and after-care of tuberculosis persons is dealt with by the Welfare Officer at the
Chest Clinic. Among other things, the County Council scheme provides for the admission
of persons, not in need of medical or nursing care, to recuperative holiday homes and tor
this a charge is made according to the person's circumstances.
(l) Ambulance Service.
Provision is made for the conveyance of sick, accident and emergency cases, and the service
is organised in association with the Fire Service. The accident and emergency service is
stationed at the Fire Station, Isleworth, and the sick removal service at West Middlesex
Hospital.
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