[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Uxbridge UDC 1933].

  • Uxbridge (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
[1934]
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    Venereal Diseases : There are no centres for the treatment of Venereal Diseases within the District, but notices are posted up, showing when and where treatment can be obtained free of cost, under conditions of secrecy, in the London Hospitals. The nearest Clinic is at the West London Hospital, from 7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m., and on Sundays from 10 a.m. to noon. Ante-Natal (M.C.C.) : 109, High Street, Uxbridge. 2nd and 4th Wednesdays each month. 9.30 a.m. Dr. Glyn-Jones. Welfare (M.C.C.) : Colham Green Mission Room. Wednesdays. 2.30. Dr. Glyn-Jones. Harefield Memorial Hall. Thursdays, 2.30. Dr. Norrington. Salem School, High Road, Hayes Boundary. Fridays. Dr. Moir. St. Andrew’s Hall, Uxbridge. Thursdays, 2.30. Dr. Glyn- Jones. Ickenham, Village Hall. Tuesdays, 2.30. Dr. Norrington. 109, High Street, Uxbridge. Tuesdays and Fridays, 2.30. Dr. Glyn-Jones. I may mention that Dr. Glyn-Jones is a lady Medical Practitioner. HOSPITALS. The Hillingdon and Uxbridge Cottage Hospital, in Harefield Road, has 26 beds available (including two private wards). In 1933 the Council made a contribution of £37 10s. towards its support. The Middlesex County Hospital at Hillingdon has 135 beds and cots, and 1,325 persons were admitted from the Uxbridge Urban District during the year under review. The Infirmary accommodates a total of 109 persons (male and female). Hillingdon Institution can accommodate approximately 270 persons. The Middlesex County Council are gradually reorganising and modernising the Hospital and Institution and consequently the accommodation is being varied. The hospitals in this District are : — Tuberculosis : Middlesex County Sanatorium, Plareheld. Maternity : None. Cases are sent to the Hillingdon County Hospital by arrangement. Children’s Hospitals : None. Patients are treated at Hillingdon County Hospital. Fevers : The Uxbridge Joint Isolation Hospital, Kingston Lane, Uxbridge, is maintained by a Board comprised of repre¬ sentatives of its four constituent Local Authorities : Ux¬ bridge, Yiewsley and West Drayton, Hayes and Harlington, and Ruislip-Northwood Urban District Councils. Cases admitted to this Hospital are : Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Enteric Fever, Erysipelas, Ophthalmia Neonatorum, En¬ cephalitis Lethargica, Acute Polio-Encephalitis, Cerebro- Spinal Meningitis, and complicated cases of Measles, Whooping Cough, Influenza and Pneumonia.