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Three samples of Pasteurised Milk and three samples of Tuberculin
Tested Milk were submitted to the Laboratories for the presence of Dysentery
organisms; all were negative.
The Middlesex County Council is the Authority under the Sale of Food
and Drugs Acts.
Ambulance Facilities.
The Council possess two ambulances, housed at the Fire Brigade Station,
and the following figures, kindly supplied by the Superintendent, give some
idea of the work carried out during the year:—
Private cases 5,694
Accident cases 684
Maternity cases 108
Clinic (tonsil cases) 347
Special services 210
False alarms 9
Total 7,052
First aid was rendered on 248 occasions, whilst the resuscitating
apparatus was in use 5 times.
The bedside apparatus for the supply of oxygen was requested by 33
patients.
With the increase in population, these two ambulances are in requisition
to a greater extent—the corresponding figure for 1936 was 5,968.
The total mileage of the vehicles was 44,162 miles.
The Council's small bus conveys the deaf and dumb children to and
from school, picks up a few other children in the morning, taking them to
spot to meet the guide; also conveys school children to and from London
railway terminii in connection with convalescent home treatment.
Nursing in the Home.
This has been fully described in previous reports.
Hospitals.
Infectious fevers are admitted into the Joint Enfield and Edmonton
Isolation Hospital, situated in Enfield.
Arrangements for the treatment of ear, nose and throat disorders
amongst schoolchildren are made with the Prince of Wales's Hospital,
Tottenham; ringworm is treated at, and ultra-violet light treatment given in,
the North Middlesex County Hospital, Edmonton.
Nursing Homes Registration.
One maternity and two 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 was received during
1937.
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