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Enfield 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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AMBULANCE FACILITIES
Under the National Health Service Act, 1946, the duty of
providing an Ambulance Service devolves upon the County Council,
and from the 5th July, 1948 the Middlesex County Council Fire and
Ambulance Service has been responsible for the Ambulance
Service previously controlled by the Health Department of the
Enfield Council.
During the year, the following cases were admitted from Enfield to the South Lodge Isolation Hospital.
| Erysipelas | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever | 60 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | 7 |
| Food Poisoning | 4 |
| Pneumonia | 4 |
| Measles | 11 |
| German Measles | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 5 |
| Gastro Enteritis | 1 |
| Chicken Pox | 4 |
| Glandular Fever | 1 |
| Mumps | 1 |
| Otitis Media | 2 |
| 104 |
LABORATORY FACILITIES
The examination of all specimens is now carried out by the
Public Health Laboratory Service either at the Central Laboratory,
Colindale, or the branch laboratory situated at the Town Hall
Edmonton.
The following table sets out the record of examinations carried out and the results.
| Throat and Nose Swabs. | ||
| Diphtheria Bacilli | — | |
| Haemolytic Streptococci | 81 | |
| Vincent's Angina | 7 | |
| Negative | 271 | |
| 359 | ||