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Hospital Accommodation.
In addition to the local War Memorial Hospital, accommodation
for ordinary cases of illness is afforded by the North Middlesex
Hospital, Edmonton, and the Prince of Wales Hospital, Tottenham,
and many patients also go to the various London Hospitals.
Towards the end of the year the Council, through the instrumentality
of the Chairman, succeeded in obtaining a motor ambulance
from the Joint Council Home Service Ambulance Committee.
This was installed at the Fire Station, Ponders End, and arrangements
made for it to be available day and night for cases of ordinary
illness and accidents.
The usefulness and need of this service was speedily appreciated,
and by the end of the year 26 cases had been removed to
various Hospitals and Institutions.
Sanitary Circumstances of the District.
Water Supply.
With the exception of Hadley and Cocktosters, which derive
their water from the mains of the Barnet Gas and Water Company,
the District is almost entirely supplied by the Metropolitan Water
Board.
The supply of water with the possible exception of some few
private wells in the rural portions of the District, is ample, the
quality good, and the supply practically constant.
Streams and Water-Courses.
Turkey Street Brook and other streams in the District are
under the control of the Middlesex County Council, and observation
is also kept on them by your Sanitary staff, but no sources
of contamination were detected.
Drainage and Sewerage.
The populous parts of the District are all provided with sewers,
with outfall to Cuckoo Hall Farm, where it is dealt with by septic
tanks, filters and part by irrigation.
During the War difficulty was experienced in extending the
works. The Council now have the matter in hand, application
having been made to the Ministry for a loan of £3,790 for temporary
works to carry on until the works generally have been re-modelled.
The plans for the larger works are now in course of preparation.
Two men are employed daily who devote their whole time to
the work of examining and flushing the sewers, and any defect
or obstruction found is immediately dealt with.