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6. Other Hospitals.—Edmonton is on the outskirts of London, and
many of its residents seek advice and treatment at the various London
Hospitals. In Edmonton itself there is the North Middlesex Hospital, under
the jurisdiction of the Guardians. During recent years it has enlarged its scope
of activity by the appointment on the staff of visiting specialists.
The local Education Authority has made arrangements whereby children
suffering from enlarged tonsils and adenoids can have the operation for their
removal carried out in the out-patient department of the Hospital, also the
X-ray treatment of ringworm.
It is hoped that, at some near future date, children suffering from discharging
ears will obtain the benefit of modern treatment at this Hospital,
namely, ionisation and, where necesary, a mastoid operation.
The Prince of Wales' Hospital is within short reach of Edmonton, and
provides facilities for the treatment of special, including venereal, diseases. It
has a specialist visiting staff and is also a teaching hospital for post-graduates.
7. Institutional Provision for unmarried mothers, illegitimate infants
and homeless children in the area is provided by the Guardians in the North
Middlesex Hospital, Edmonton House, and the Chase Farm Schools at Enfield.
AMBULANCE FACILITIES.
(a) For Infectious Disease The Council maintain a motor ambulance
for the conveyance of patients to the Isolation Hospital. There is no attendant
nurse, so a relative—usually the mother—has to accompany the patient.
A small bus is also used for two purposes:—
(1) To bring the patients home from the Isolation Hospital;
(2) To take relatives to visit the patient when the latter is on
the dangerously ill list.
After office hours on week-days and on Sundays, the Fire Brigade undertake
this latter duty with their Ambulance.
(ib) For Non-infectious and Accident Cases.—A motor ambulance is
housed at the Fire Station and run by the Brigade ; the following figures given
by the Superintendent show the extent to which it has been used during 1925.