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Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised) Milk.
37 Samples were examined and 35 satisfied both the prescribed tests.
2 Samples failed to pass the Bacterial Count Standard only.
Ambulance Facilities.

Children's Accidents 146. Factory Accidents 113. Street Accidents 226.
First Aid was rendered on 338 occasions. The resusitating apparatus
was in use on 6 occasions.
The total mileage of the vehicles was 40,546 miles.
Transport.
A 2-ton Bedford Coach conveys the deaf and dumb and partially blind
children to and from school, picks up a few other children in the morning,
taking them to a spot to meet the guide.
Nursing in the Home.
This has been described in previous reports.
Hospitals.
Infectious diseases are admitted into the Enfield, Edmonton and Potters
Bar Joint Isolation Hospital, situated in Enfield.
Arrangements for the treatment of ear, nose, and throat disorders amongst
school children are made with the E.M.S. Hospital, Goodmayes, Essex, and
later in the year with the Royal Waterloo Hospital. Both hospitals served
us very well under the very extenuating circumstances which they had to
work.
Nursing Homes Registration.
There is one Nursing Home registered by the Council. This is kept under
supervision by the Medical Officer of Health. No new applications to be
placed on the register were received during 1944.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
The water supply of the Borough has at all times been satisfactory both
in quality and quantity.
The Metropolitan Water Board is responsible for the supply which is
piped direct to every dwelling-house throughout the Borough, and serves the
entire population.
The co-operation of the Board has at all times been of the fullest.
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