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appointments terminated at the end of March, the work upon
which they were engaged having been completed. There are no
Health Visitors or special nurses employed by the Authority.
Ambulance Facilities.
An Ambulance for accidents and non-infectious cases is
provided and during the year a new Austin ambulance was put
into commission to replace the existing one. An Ambulance for
infectious cases is provided by the Isolation Hospital Committee
for the combined districts of Barnet Urban, Barnet Rural and
East Barnet Urban.
Hospitals.
Fever hospital accommodation is provided by the Joint
Hospital Authorities at the Isolation Hospital, Mays Lane,
Barnet, and beds are available for smallpox cases in the hospital
at Cheshunt.
A considerable increase in the accommodation at the Barnet
Isolation Hospital is urgently required owing to the rapid increase
in the population.
There is an Infant Welfare Centre at 12, St. Wilfrid's Road,
New Barnet, under the management of the District Nursing
Association with five resident nurses supplied by the local Nursing
Association. There is a school Dental Clinic at St. Wilfrid's
Road in association with the Infant Welfare Centre.
LEGISLATION IN FORCE.
Adoptive Acts.
There are no local Acts. The following are the Adoptive
' Acts in force in the District:—
Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890.
Infectious Disease (Prevention) Act, 1890.
Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907.
Public Health Act, 1925, Part II except sec. 22, Part III and
Part IV.
Private Street Works Act, 1892,