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Hospital. The Council is responsible for the fee, at the rate of 6/- per day,
and the total amount is collected from the patient prior to the order of
admittance being given.
The Order is signed by Dr. Outram, who is in charge of the Ante-natal
Clinic, and who sees each case before admission. Some cases are partly or
wholly assisted by the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee.

The total sum incurred by the Committee in connection with the above
was £10 1s. Od.
3. Children.—Children are received into the North Middlesex Hospital,
but there are no special children's hospitals.
4. Fever Hospital.—This Authority has combined with the Enfield
Council to form a Joint Hospital Board ; the Hospital is situated in Enfield,
on itsWinchmore Hill border, and has 161 beds.
The precept payable by each Council is based on the estimated population,
calculated on the number of inhabited houses ; in addition, a contribution of
30s. Od. per case admitted is made by the district from which the patient is
sent in.
The Hospital is primarily for the reception of cases of scarlet fever,
diphtheria and enteric fever, but the Joint Board have sanctioned the
admittance of cases of measles, erysipelas and puerperal fever, provided it is
convenient.
The Hospital is in charge of a Resident Medical Superintendent.
5. Small Pox.—Edmonton is one of the contributors to the Middlesex
District Joint Hospital Board, the precept payable being a farthing rate for
half a year; the Hospital is at South Mimms and is at present used as a
Sanatorium for phthisical patients.
The administrative block of the Small Pox Hospital at Clavering's Farm,
Edmonton, erected in 1902, is kept in order and would be available for the
reception of urgent cases ; it has 14 beds.