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number of tuberculosis cases in the institution on December 31st, 1913, was
101, four of whom were residents in Edmonton Urban District.
No cases of small-pox were treated during 1913 from any district.
In addition, my Council still has the administrative block ot the Small-pox
Hospital at Clavering's Farm, erected in 1902, where (at the shortest notice)
accommodation of a satisfactory kind to meet an emergency could be arranged
for ten male and six female patients.
In a letter of the 21st October, the Middlesex Districts Joint Small-pox
Hospital Board inquired whether my Council would be willing to enter into an
arrangement whereby they could have the use of these buildings for the treatment
of small-pox, should emergency arise. In connection therewith a special
meeting of the Sanitary Committee took place at the hospital, who thoroughly
inspected the structure and the equipment. This letter was further considered
by the Sanitary Committee in November and recommendation made, which
the Council accepted, that the joint Board be informed that the application
could not be entertained, but that the Council was willing to dispose of the
beds, bedding, etc., on terms to be arranged.
The following sixteen urban districts are now shareholders in the Joint
Hospital:—
Acton Enfield Hampton Wick Staines
Brentford Feltham Hanvvell Tottenham
Chiswick Friern Barnet Harrow Wealdstone
Edmonton Greenford Southgate Wood Green
TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENTS.
The Council at present undertakes the removal to our hospital, free of
charge, in our own ambulance, of all cases of infectious disease which require it.
Separate vehicles are kept for small-pox and for other infectious diseases. A
closed conveyance is also provided for bringing patients home again after their
discharge from hospital. This arrangement is very valuable in protecting the
health of children whose parents are unable to afford a suitable conveyance
when discharged from hospital during cold and wet weather. These conveyances
are disinfected each time after use.
Unavoidable, but regrettable, delay occurs in the present system of
transport to Winchmore Hill Hospital. The transfers should be undertaken
by the Hospital Board, as advised by the Government years ago.
On the nth November a question was raised at the Council meeting,
as to the transport of patients to the fever hospital, and in reply the Chairman