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of infectious disease or any other untoward happenings. None the
less, I would place on record my personal appreciation of the great
help extended to the Public Health Department by the Director
and Staff of the Central Public Health Department at Colindale,
and also by Dr. Thomas, the Bacteriologist in charge of the Branch
Laboratory at Edmonton. This help has invariably been forthcoming
in generous measure. It has not only been of practical
assistance, but remains a safeguard upon which we know we can
always rely.
Mortuary.
The position in regard to the Council Mortuary at the rear
of the Town Hall is still as set out in the Report for 1946, except
that we now have a firm agreement with the Prince of Wales
Hospital to accept Southgate bodies. Up to the present, no
difficulties have arisen.
Scabies and Lice.
I reported fully on this aspect of our work in the Report for
1951. The remarks set out in that Report still apply.
During 1958 two Southgate patients received treatment.
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT 1948
Section 47—Removal to suitable premises of persons in need
of care and attention.
No action was taken by the Council in 1958 under this Section.
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