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(Jut-Relief.—During 1926 the Guardians distributed the
following sums in out-relief : —
Cases. Cost.
Ordinary 493 £11, SOB 10 4
Unemployed 501 £5,380 7 3
994 £17,188 17 7
summary of nursing, hospital and other
institutions available in the district.
Nursing.—Steps have been taken to form a District Nursing
Association for the greater part of the Borough. The association
will be affiliated to the Queen "Victoria's Jubilee Institute for
Nurses, and it is expected that both the St. Mary's and the
Highgate Nursing Associations will enter the scheme. A commencement
will be made with four nurses for that part of the
Borough west of the L. & N.E. Railway and north of the L.M.S.
Railway, in place of two as at present.
The North Loudon Nursing Association continues to undertake
the nursing of children below school age in the southern and
eastern parts of the Borough, for which the Council pay a sum
of Is. 4d. a visit. This arrangement was instituted in November,
1925.
The Hornsey Deanery Association for Preventive and Rescue
Work at 109, Upper Tollington Park, receives unmarried mothers
and their babies. A grant of £50 was made by the Council during
the year, and the Association also receives a grant from the
Ministry of Health.
'Hospitals.—The North Middlesex Hospital (Edmonton
Union) has accommodation for 1,034 in-patients. The number
of Hornsey cases admitted during the year was 800, viz., 124
maternity cases and 070 other cases. Twenty-six of the maternity
cases were mothers attending the Council's Welfare Centres.
The Hornsey Cottage Hospital, with 43 beds, dealt with
813 in-patients and 872 out-patients during the year.
Midwives. In addition to the Municipal Midwife, who is
controlled and paid by the Council, there are 13 Midwives notified
to the County Council as practising in the Borough. The County
Council is the supervising authority under the Midwives Act.