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Arrangements have also been made with the Prince of Wales's Hospital,
Tottenham, for the treatment of tonsils and adenoids. The children are received
into the Hospital for a period of two days, while the operation is being
performed.
NURSING HOMES REGISTRATION ACT.
One maternity and two other nursing homes are registered by the Authority,
the Edmonton Council, and are kept under supervision by the Medical Officer
of Health.
No new application to be placed on the Register has been received during
1935.
Section C.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
Information re water supply, rivers and streams, has been given in
previous reports.
A Cleansing Department will be set up in accordance with the recommendation
of the Ministry of Health to deal with public cleansing, and as
the result of the proposal to erect a Refuse Disposal Works, a Cleansing
Superintendent appointed, who will report to a Committee and the Council's
Engineer and Surveyor.
This is a much felt need and should result in the abolition of the dumping
of all kinds of rubbish on vacant plots of land in the various parts of the district,
as well as clearing up the very undesirable dump at present at the Sewage Farm.
The extension of the Sewage Disposal Works has been completed at a cost
of £32,500, and preliminary plans are in course of preparation for a further
extension necessitated by the continued development of this district and the
Borough of Southgate.
Extensions at the Open-air Bath have been completed and include a
filtration plant. A similar plant has been installed at the Knights Lane Baths.
The Council, during the year, erected 25 houses in the Hertford Road
(Byron Terrace) and a further 44 houses on the Cambridge Road (Kipling
Terrace), while a commencement has been made with the Galliard Road Housing
Scheme (128 houses) where, for the first time, the roads are being constructed
in concrete.