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First Aid was rendered on 352 occasions. The resuscitating apparatus
was in use on 11 occasions.
The total mileage of the vehicles was 35,309 miles.
National Health Service Act, 1948
The Borough Ambulance Service was transferred to the Middlesex County
Council on 5th July, 1948, and is now incorporated in the County Fire and
Ambulance Service.
Nursing in the Home.
This has been described in previous reports.
Hospitals.
Infectious diseases are normally admitted into the Enfield, Edmonton
and Potters Bar Joint Isolation Hospital, situated in Enfield.
This Hospital has been renamed - South Lodge Hospital - and now comes
under the purview of the Enfield Group Hospital Management Committee.
Arrangements for the treatment of ear, nose, and throat disorders amongst
school children are made with the Prince of Wales's Hospital and North
Middlesex Hospital.
Nursing Homes Registration.
Up to 5th July, 1948, one Nursing Home was registered by the Council.
This is kept under supervision by the Medical Officer of Health. No new
applications to be placed on the register were received during 1948.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
The water supply of the Borough has at all times been satisfactory both
in quality and quantity.
The Metropolitan Water Board is responsible for the supply which is
piped direct to every dwelling-house throughout the Borough, and serves the
entire population.
The co-operation of the Board has at all times been of the fullest.
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