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Ambulance.
The District does not yet possess an Ambulance, but satisfactory
arrangements have been made with the Finchley District
Council Authority for the hire of their conveyance.
Mortuary.
The Finchley District Council have an excellent Mortuary, &
short distance from Friern Barnet West boundary, and arrangements
have been made for its use.
Means Taken to Prevent the Spread of
Infectious Disease.
On the receipt of information respecting infectious cases,
the premises are visited, a printed list of instructions as to
necessary precautions is given, and disinfectants for immediate
use are supplied at the expense of the Authority.
Removal to an Isolation Hospital is offered, and where
accepted is carried out, an undertaking being obtained, where
possible, for at least a portion ,of the maintenance of the patient
while in the hospital. After the recovery or removal of an
infectious case, disinfection is performed, and cleaning and
stripping orders are served where necessary. Clothes, bedding,
etc., are removed to Finchley, where they are put through the
steam disinfector.
Antitoxin is now supplied free to medical men for use in
cases of Diphtheria occurring in the District. A circular letter
was sent to those benefiting by this arrangement, requesting a
statement as to the mode of administration, stage of the disease,
quantity used, number of the Serum, age of patient, and results
obtained, for the purpose of gaining useful statistical information,
" Cleansing of Persons " Act,
Under the Provisions of the above Act steps were taken in
regard to two families,
SEWAGE WORKS.
Situation of the Works.—The Sewage Works are situated
on the south side of the District (in Wood Green Parish), and
within 100 yards of a small brook into which the effluent flows.
The original Works were completed at the end of 1886, from
designs furnished by Mr. Baldwin Latham, M. Inst. C.E., and
were executed under his direction.
The working of the tanks and original filters have been
altered and improved and three new Bacteria Beds have
been constructed, under the superintendence of Mr. E. J.