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Chiswick 1911

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chiswick]

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being erected in rear of the present school at Strandon-the-Green,
and will be ready for occupation in July
or August, 1912.
Commons.
A small area of the Back Common adjoining, Turnham
Green Terrace, has been laid out and planted
with a view to improving the amenities of this part of
the district, and when considered in conjunction with
the new and widened bridges over Turnham Green
Terrace, the result has given general satisfaction.
New Buildings.
Sixty-six dwelling houses have been completed and
occupied during the past year, whilst nineteen
additions, three lock-up shops, and ten temporary
buildings have been completed, including the entire
re-construction of the London General Omnibus Co.'s
motor garage in Belmont Road.
Motor Ambulance.
This continued its useful purpose, and I am able to
testify as to the many advantages the parishioners
have experienced in cases of sudden illness or
accidents, by the rapid and expeditious way patients
have been conveyed, either to hospitals or infirmaries.
Isolation Hospital.
This was opened on the 7th April, 1904, for the
admission of patients suffering from scarlet fever,
enteric, or diphtheria. It contains 20 beds in three
blocks, and stands in three acres of ground situated