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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 Prince of Wales's Hospital and North
Middlesex County Hospital.
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 1947.
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.
SANITARY INSPECTION IN THE AREA.
Five District Sanitary Inspectors and one woman Sanitary Inspector are
engaged in the sanitary supervision of the Borough, working under the supervision
of the Senior Sanitary Inspector. The Senior Sanitary Inspector
supervises the work of the Borough and is Inspector under the Canal Boats
Acts.
For at least six months during 1947 we were short of three District
Inspectors owing to illness. Mr. G. Huekle, one of the District inspectors,
passed away on the 25th November, 1947. One new appointment was made
at the end of the year.
Sanitary Conveniences.
There are seven Public Conveniences in the Borough which are kept under
constant supervision by the Public Health Department.
Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919. Infestation Order, 1943.
Under this heading your Senior Sanitary Inspector, as Officer-in-Charge,
Rodent Control, reports as follows :—
The Council have two Rodent Operatives and the part time services of a
Junior Clerk, and appointed the District Sanitary Inspectors Rodent Officers.
To comply with the Ministry's Circular, they appointed four Investigators and
another three Assistant Rodent Operators, with Mr. Gaffney as Assistant
Rodent Officer (which made a total of four Rodent Operators), to carry out
the Survey of the District, which commenced in June and was nearing completion
at the end of the year, so that for the period under review the staff
comprised of one Assistant Rodent Officer, four Assistant Rodent Operators,
four Investigators, and the part-time services of a Junior Clerk.
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