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been completed and are operating in a very satisfactory manner.
Special cases requiring nursing in their own homes are referred to
the Nursing Association, who carry out the necessary treatment,
the Council's Health Visitor acting as liaison officer. These
services have been invaluable in several cases and appear to be
much appreciated by the recipients.

The inauguration of this service was a definite step in a
forward direction. It meant a closer co-operation between the
Nursing Association and the Public Health Department, a cooperation
which is most desirable from every viewpoint. It also
resulted in the alleviation of considerable suffering and distress,
and brought help to poor families who might otherwise have had
to make shift without the necessary assistance. Our only difficulty
now is to find those cases requiring assistance, so that help can be
supplied where it is most needed. With this end in view, I intend
to address a communication to all the medical practitioners in the
district, reminding them of the available facilities and requesting
their co-operation.
In addition to the work outlined above, the Southgate Queen's
Nursing Association continued to supply its usual excellent services,
which are still rapidly extending, to the lasting benefit of
the inhabitants of Southgate.
During 1936, the nurses made a total of 13,446 domiciliary
visits (13,661, 1935). At the Physico-therapeutic Clinic, 1,509
patients were treated, while the total number of treatments given
was 8,450. The corresponding figures for 1935 were 1,342 and
7,486 respectively.
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