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Motor Vehicles.—In December, it was decided to obtain three motor
vehicles for my department:—
1—for infected bedding at £231 10 0
2—for bedding after disinfection at 231 10 0
3—for bringing home patients discharged from
our isolation hospital 301 10 0
Total cost 764 10 0
SMALLPOX HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATION.
Since January 31st, 1907, the Middlesex Districts Joint Smallpox Hospital
has been in existence at South Mimms. We must rejoice that although precepts
have been made from time to time on the Edmonton treasury, no patients
from the district have been sent there yet with smallpox. The money (£489
for 1920-21—it was £242 the year before) is a premium for an advantageous
insurance.
Dr. Ta'Bois, the resident medical superintendent, informs me that there
are 70 beds in the permanent buildings, and 143 more can be put in the buildings
of wood and corrugated iron.
During 1920, no cases of smallpox were admitted.
In April, the Borough of Hornsey and the Urban District of Sunbury-onThames
were added to the Smallpox Hospital Board, so that 24 districts are
now shareholders in the Institution. During this month, H. Barrass was
appointed as representative for Edmonton, instead of W. A. Cull, for a period
of three years.
During the year I had under observation many contacts with cases which
had occurred on board ship, or in London and suburbs, etc., but no developments
arose.
The number of tuberculosis cases in the institution on January 2nd, 1921,
was 185, 19 of whom were resident in Edmonton Urban District. Beds at
Uxbridge and Picketts Lock, Edmonton, are available for sporadic cases of
smallpox. If there should appear a prospect of a larger number, the tuberculous
patients at Clare Hall would be cleared out at once.