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with notifications of infectious disease, and births from the midwives and
medical men make a considerable total. The Council made representations to
the Postmaster General urging that Jd. stamp should suffice for postcards and
open envelopes in connection with public health work. Our appeal was
successful.
THE N.A.L.G.O.
On August 31st the Council informed the Edmonton branch that it
accepted the principle of a local Whitley council, but that it must be representative
of all grades of employees.
In October the Central N.A.L.G.O. asked the Council to put into operation
from July 1st, 1920, the minimum salaries and grading scheme unanimously
adopted by the National Joint Council, but the consideration was adjourned to
January, 1921, when a sub-committee of the Finance Committee was appointed
to discuss the subject with representatives of the Edmonton branch of the
N.A.L.G.O.
I make this brief note of N.A.L.G.O. activities here, as the zeal with which
I and my staff perform our duties naturally fluctuates with the amount of
courtesy and consideration we receive from the Council and to that extent the
public health of Edmonton is thereby affected.
POOR LAW INSTITUTIONS.
The Institution belonging to the Edmonton Board of Guardians, which
is in Fore Street, and covers an area of 22J acres, receives a certain proportion
of its inmates from this district, and such proportion is treated as part of our
population for statistical purposes. The large bulk of the inmates, however,
is derived from Tottenham, Southgate, Wood Green, Hornsey, Enfield,
Cheshunt (Herts), and Waltham Abbey (Essex), which places make up the
large Poor Law Union of Edmonton, and these inmates, of course, do not
enter into our vital statistics. Mr. B. Andrews is the master. In March,
1920, the estimated population of Edmonton Union was 493,956; rateable value
^2,595,005. Amongst a total of forty Guardians, Edmonton district proper
has only four representatives.
Millfield House has been occupied since January, 1917, by the Metro,
politan Asylums Board as a male epileptic colony. It accomodates 302
patients from other districts, therefore these people are excluded from our
Vital Statistics. Dr. Bebb is the visiting Medical Officer, and Mrs. S. Pallin
is the Matron.