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The greatest number of Friern Barnet patients in the
Hospital at one time was 14. The daily average for the year
was 7.
MISCELLANEOUS.
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Return of the Metropolitan Asylums Board.—
During the past year 4,773 cases were admitted into this
Board's Hospital at. Winchmore Hill; of these, 2,747 were
Scarlet Fever, 1,185 Diphtheria, 839 Phthisis, and 2 other
diseases.
There were 40 deaths—1 from diphtheria and 39 from
Phthisis.
Local and Adoptive Acts.—The Council have adopted
the Public Health (Amendment) Acts, 1890 and 1907, Baths and
Washhouses Act, 1912, Museums and Gymnasiums Act, 1891.
The Council further possess Special Powers under a Private Act
passed in 1913.
Poor Law.—The number of persons, adult and children, in
receipt of outdoor relief during the year averaged 54 per week, at
a cost of £758 11s. 7d.
OTHER SERVICES.
The Council make an annual contribution of £200 to Passmore
Edwards Hospital, Wood Green, into which a number of
residents in the Southgate District are admitted, in recognition
of which they have four representatives on the Hospital Council.
HOUSING.
Ceneral Housing Conditions in the District There are
9,526 occupied houses in the District. The major portion of
these are of the villa type. There are no purely workingclass
areas. There are a few isolated cases of congestion,
but there is no overcrowding.
Of 92 houses to be erected at Highfielcl Road, under
an Assisted Housing Scheme, each with ample garden
ground attached, 39 are completed and occupied. These
houses are of differing types, ranging from the " workman's
dwelling " to the " small villa." The rentals vary